isil is a threat. they are fighting isil from time to time, but they are dealing with the assad regime and supporting some of these militias. and going to senator cardin's question, some are operating outside of the legal authority of the iraqis that, which is a threat to iraq's own sovereignty, supported by iran, and that is a huge problem, and we have not seen that diminished since the nuclear deal, certainly. senator flake: thank you. i share senator kaine's view. in, not ought to weigh to question whether or not we have the authority or the executive branch has the authority, and even putting that aside, i think it is valuable for our adversaries and our allies to know that we speak with one voice here. as you mentioned, this is going to go on for a long, long time. and i think we would all benefit if congress weighed in more heavily. thank you. sen. corker: thank you. senator? senator: i ensure you are aware there was a widely reported story this week about weapons being stolen in jordan. to what

first, destroying isil of parent tumor in iraq and syria. miss meeting at a critical time, we now have momentum in this fight and clear results on the ground in iraq and syria. together we made the further plans for coming operations and the additional commitments we identified that will need to ensure our coalition delivers isil the last defeat it deserves. thanks thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of our local partners and our servicemembers, as well as additional contributions from the nations that participated last week, we seize opportunities, reinforce gains, taken the fight to the enemy. we are not going to rest. as recent terror attacks around the world remind us, is isil safe haven threat not only the lives of the iraqi and syrian people but also the security of our own citizens and the sooner we do fight isil in iraq and syria the safer our countries will be. we reviewed and agreed on that next plays in the campaign. which, while the chairman i cannot discuss them publicly at, they culminate in the collapse of isil's control ove

to isil. it's not as though it's a start-up, this group was very active in the sinai for a number of years now part of the isis global architecture. their responsibility for carrying out attacks against egyptian security, military officers there, they pose threat to the multi-national force observers inside the sinai. we work closely with the egyptians and try to give them the information they need to prevent these outrageous terrorist attacks from taking place whether in the sinai or other areas. there have been attacks inside cairo. we have a close and candid conversation with egyptians. there are areas we believe the egyptians need to step up their game in terms of their capabilities and in terms of how they deal with these very challenging issues that cross both the security and political re reams. we do have an active engagement with the egyptians. >> i think we're out of time unless somebody has a very short question. anybody volunteer. >> i knew that was going to happen. >> an old journ

and i'm not certain that we do because we keep talking about isil, isil this, isil that. but we don't necessarily drill down to these areas. so both you, mr. secretary, and you, director, i would like to hear your thoughts on that. >> well, i would be happy to arrange for you, congresswoman, is a briefing on the domestic terrorism section of the fbi he a counterterrorism division. our counterterrorism division has two parts -- international terrorism and domestic terrorism. we have an emonormous amount of resources for just those kinds of groups that try to kill people or damage institutions. we got people that wake up every day worrying about those groups and working with the southern poverty law center, working with other groups to get information on them so we can disrupt them. >> so would you be sharing that information back and forth with homeland security? because they do present a threat to the homeland. >> yes. and we work them through our joint terrorism task forces. so it is part of the joint work we do together. >> congresswoman, the only thing i'll add to that

that basically pledge allegiance to isil. this was a very active group for -- the sinai for a number of years and now it is part of the isis global architecture. their responsibility for carrying out attacks against egyptian security, military there, they pose a threat to the multinational force observers inside the sinai. we work closely with egyptians and we try to give them the information we need to prevent these outrageous terrorist attacks from taking place. whether it be in sinai or other areas. we also have close and open and candid conversations with egyptians and there are areas in which we believe egyptians need to step up their game in terms of their capabilities but also in terms of how they deal with some of these very challenging issues that crossed both the security and political realms. we do have an active engagement with egyptians. judy: all right, i think we're out of time unless somebody has a very short question. anybody volunteer? [laughter] mr. brennan: i knew that was going to happen. >> an old journa

we are taking the fight to isil across all domains including side.nks to the hard work and sacrifice of our local partners, our servicemembers, and additional contributions from the nations all around this room, meet sees opportunities, reinforce success, taking the fight to the enemy. but we are not going to rest. yesterday we also reviewed and agreed on the next play in our campaign. which of course were not going to discusspublicly yet . but let me be clear, they culminate in the collapse of isil's control of the cities of mosul and raqqa. we identified capabilities and support required to execute this next play. since articles for defense minister in february, our nations including the united states thanks to president obama have provided even more support to accelerate the campaign as our local partners have made advances here. but we are all going to need to do more. united states, france, united kingdom, australia, sweden, finland and others have recently committed some as recently as yesterday to contribute even more to the military campaign

the fact that isil has been dug in. isil has and willing to place itself in and around civilians.s is a complicated situation. we will continue to apply the rigor that we always do in terms of minimizing the risk civilians , but we are supporting those forces because this is a critical moment in the campaign and a critical piece of we feely, a place where strongly that faisal has planned hasrnal attacks -- isil planned extra attacks outside of syria. makes it important why those local forces you supporting can capture the -- we are supporting can capture the territory and remove them from the area. the requires air support, and we will continue to provide obviously this is a situation, the most recent one, at least for another strike where the credibility assessment has been conducted and determined to be credible that we are going to apply the rigor and the diligence needed to find out exactly what happened here. take whatever lessons we learn from that and apply that to how we conduct our missions. this is a difficult environment. that, ther about urban environs are and the comp

and it is important to destroy the isil in iraq and syria. that is necessary. it is not sufficient to avoid all the radicalization and so forth, but it is necessary in order to eliminate the idea that there can be a state based upon that ideology. that is why we are so intent in our campaign against isil on iraq and syria. aqqa asould like to get r soon as we possibly can, like everything else. >> mr. secretary, a couple questions about what this change will mean for the transgender service members. first, can you verify that military health care coverage will cover all aspects of transition-related care, including gender reassignment surgery? atond, will the pentagon gender identity status to the military equal opportunity i'll policy in the event that a transgender member feels discrimination? sec. carter: the medical standards don't change. transgender, like all other service members, will get all medical care their doctors deem necessary. they will have to do that with, if it is not urgent, subject to the commanders. if they need to be de

don't say isil. and isil will be driven back. it's always isil will be driven back. in the meantime, it's a disaster. it's totally a disaster. remember this, and i said it before, our military is depleted at a time when probably in the history of this country we need strong military. we are going to win north carolina. [ applause ] we are going to get rid of these fools, these fools that are running our country. they're fools. we are not going to go four more years that even the fbi today talks so horribly about this person, to a point where you said how can you possibly say no charges? what he said and what they said today was so bad. so here's what we're going to do. we're going to win so much you'll be so sick of winning, folks. you're going to be so angry at me. you're going to be so angry at me. you're going to have your lieutenant governors here. you're going have the head of the supreme court here and these are great people with great, great, where are they? are they around here some place? stand up! come come on, stand up! beautiful! these are great, great pe

that's why we are so intent and our military campaign against isil on iraq and syria. we would like to get to raqqa as soon as we possibly can, like everything else. chris. >> mr. secretary couple of questions of what this change will mean for transgender servicemembers. can you verify that the military health coverage will cover all aspects including gender reassignment surgery and second will the pentagon add transgender status to the military equal opportunity policy in the event that a transgender servicemembers encounters discrimination. >> transgender like a leather servicemembers will get all medical care that their doctors deem necessary. they will have to do that with their subject to that's non-urgent medical care subject to their commanders because if they need to be deployed they need to be deployed and it's normal that if you have a procedure which is not urgent that you have to defer that if you're being deployed. we will not have a different medical policy for transgender servicemembers than others. our doctors will treat them and give them the medically

they said they were coming in to fight isil. that they would assist the political transition in syria towards a post assad government that could run the country and put that terribly broken country back together and give the people the future they deserve. they haven't done either of those things. so what i am still hopeful they will do both of those things. i think that's what secretary kerry's talks, which are very frequent with the russians, are all about. but meanwhile we have a channel which is focused on safety issues and we maintain that and that is a very professional working channel between us. >> the follow on. you're well known to be skeptical of the russians and some of the things that their military has done. so really straight up, are you willing -- are you in favor now of an expanded effort for military cooperation with the russians inside syria? because most people in this town think you are not. >> if the russians would do the right thing in syria -- and that's an important condition -- as in all cases with russ

>> reporter: well, it is concerning, and those cases are just isil-related ones.we're not even talking about cases related to al qaeda or other terrorist groups and again, the fbi's washington field office says they think it's simple because of the proximity of northern virginia to dc. however, it doesn't completely explain it because maryland, for example is also close to washington, dc and they're not seeing those kind of numbers. but that is the explanation we got from the fbi. >> we will, i guess, keep digging into this. of alexanda limon, thank you. >>> backlash is building over poke'mon go. plus, the real life danger it poseded at a local university. sue? >> feels like the tropics out there today and it's only going to get hotter and more humid. we're keeping an eye on downpours around the salisbury area. will we see rain ourselves tonight? we'll talk about that and we're looking ahead to the weekend and another heat wa we'll be right back. . >>> university of maryland stepping up patrol after article robberies. police believes, three of the four victims wer

efforts toes our shut down isil's funding. we know that they rely money from the sale of oil on the black market, from hostage-taking, and from other nefarious activities to fund their operations not just in iraq and syria, but around the world. we take great strides in shutting down their financing system. there is more we need to do. we made countering violent extremism in their efforts to radicalize people using social media a top priority. we worked with countries like the united arab emirates and malaysia to establish fusion centers where we can organize efforts to counter them online. more intelligence sharing to track the flow of foreign fighters or other individuals that could be the source of some concern. cordoning a reference on that front is reported --coordinating our efforts on that front is important too.this is an effort we have been working to counter all along. we have made progress. but it is more of a significant of thenow because important progress that we have undercutting the fantasy of the caliphate in

we have taken back now more than 40%, 45% of the territory that isil held in iraq.en back a large percentage of what they held in syria. about 130 of their major leaders have been taken off the scene of battle forever. they cannot move easily. they attempt to change their tactics, their revenues have been cut. i think a very significant job is being done under circumstances in which it was clear that the members of congress were not prepared to send american troops to syria. i think that is still probably true today. i look forward to somebody who has an alternative plan if they do. but we are making, as i said, very significant progress. and the attacks that are taking place, isil has not gained one foot of territory and held it in either iraq or syria since we began this effort a year ago. i define that as success. what is difficult are these individual players, some of whom appear to be radicalized at absolutely the last moment by something that we are, you know, still trying to calculate. and in my judgment, we are deeply engaged. we're making enormous progress

is increasing caseload tracks with isil's large-scale media apparatus.nd as we approach 15 years after the 9/11 attacks, i would say it is fair to say the array of terrorist actors around the globe is broader, deeper, wider than it has been at any time since i 11. and it is the narrative rooted in unceasing warfare against all that it defines as enemies that often extends well beyond the syria and iraq battlefield. has downed a russian airliner in egypt, to the attacks last november in paris against restaurants, stadiums, sports venues. the attacks in brussels and istanbul, and a cafe in bangladesh. all of these attacks show that i isil to drawpon -- on local affiliates. this array that i rattle through constraints that the threat landscape is in many ways less predictable than ever. and why the scale of the capability currently demonstrate a most of the actors we are dealing with does not rise to the level of the capability that al qaeda had to carry out 9/11, it remains fair to say that we face more threats originating in more places, involving more in

to and y the isil in iraq syria. because that's absolutely necessary. it's not sufficient to avoid all kinds of radicalization and so forth but it's necessary in order to eliminate the idea that there can be a state based upon that ideology. that's why we are so intent in our military campaign against isil on iraq and syria. so we would like to get racka as soon as we possibly can like everything else. >> mr. secretary a couple of questions about what this change will mean for transjend service members. first, can you verify that the military health care coverage will cover all aspects including reassignment surgery? and second, will the penguin add gender identity or transgender status to the equal opportunity policy in the event that someone feels they're experiencing discrimination? >> the medical standards don't change. all service members will get all medical care their doctors deem necessary. they will have to do that with the subject to if it's nonurgent medical care subject to their commanders because if they

shift by isil? how concern something it? what can we do about it?ncerning. unfortunately there's already a dispersion of some people who are supportive of what the isil folks are doing and, you know, it's very, very difficult. worse than a need until a haystack to know where one person may suddenly surface, go nuts the way this guy in nice appears to have been radicalized and then go out and do something to hurt people. and so law enforcement authorities have the huge burden and governments have the huge burden of trying to get this right everywhere, every single instant of every single day every day of the year. the terrorists have to get it right for ten minutes, five minute, for a moment. where out of nowhere they suddenly appear and decide to do harm to people. but we believe the network is information, which is beginning to gather who is where and how they are connected. i think that, frankly, there's been a very significant job done in shutting down many, many different plots and many different places and that's why it is so important for us t

>> i'll be buying stock in isil. i mean, if we're talking about what they're trying to do, the ability to operate in a region that is unstable, the thing is, that's what you're looking at. you can look at ankara right now. i remember beiwhen the turks we trying to kill kurds, we have to contemplate some of the complications here. you think about the kurds inside of turkey who the turks consider terrorists, and the americans do, too. our closest allies who are fighting against isil right now, are also kurds and they're the pkk south of the border. if we also had is the president of turkey who is ramped up against those same kurds and fighting against us, fighting against other parts of the west. are we fans, not particularly, but the fear is what we really end up with is a civil war inside of turkey, this gives isis the possibility, the possibility to have free reign, contemplate what they can do in ankara, instanbul and then we start rolling north. that's what people are afraid of. >> you have to grow eyes in the bac

inortant to destroy the isil iraq in syria -- and syria. that is necessary. it is necessary to illuminate the idea that there can be a state based upon that ideology. int is why we are so intent our campaign against isil on iraq and syria. >> mr. secretary, a couple questions about what this change will mean for the transgender service members. military health care coverage will cover all aspects of transition care. add transgender status to the military equal opportunity i'll see the event that a transgender member feels discrimination? >> the medical standards don't change. transgender, like all other service members will get all medical care their doctors deem necessary. ,hey will have to do that with if it is not urgent, subject to the commanders. if they need to be deployed, they need to be deployed. procedure which is not urgent that you have to differ that. defer that. we will have a different medical policy for transgender members. our doctors will give them medically necessary treatment accorded to protocols determined by the medic

the administration uses isil. and i fully understand. why? why is that terminology use bdity administration? -- used by the administration? >> i've used islamic state, secretary kerry using daish. the press uses different phrases we generally refer it to as isil but not exclusively. there's not hard and fast rule. the secretary of state -- >> the reason i asked that question is because since 2001 and since the 911 commission reported came out we've seen under this administration where words have been stripped from the lexicons of d.o.d., of law firm here and the homeland security committee. we've had hear wrgs we talked about the disappearing language of terror. can't lieve say if you identify the enemy it's it's very difficult to defeat them. if i'm using the wrong term, i want to know. but i will say that what we see in this country is radical islamic jihad. radical islamic terrorism. i want to make sure that we talk about that >> her department was set in 2w50e. but -- in 2003. we have the department of statement. where the department has

trump and others is ultimately helping do isil's work for us. >> he was the chief birther in america,estioning whether you -- >> yes. >> what's your reaction to the fact that he's the nominee of the republican party? >> well, i think -- i think it says something about what's happened to the republican party over the course of the last eight, 10, 15 years. if you think about what a bob dole or a jim baker or a howard baker or a dick lugar or a colin powell stood for. they were conservative, they were concerned about limited government and balancing budgets and making sure we had a strong defense. but they also understood that our system of government requires compromise, that democrats weren't the enemy, that the way our government works requires us to listen to each other. and that's not the kind of politics that we've seen practiced. i think all too often. >> do you think the majority of american people feel safe, that the world is safer after -- >> well, i think right now we've gone through a really tough month. and that happens sometimes. we've had a terrorist attack in orlando, al

that includes our efforts to shut down isil's financing.e know that they rely on money from the sale of oil on the black market, from hostage taking, and from other nefarious activities to fund their operations, not just in iraq and in syria, but around the world. we've made great strides in shutting down that -- their financing system, there's more that we need to do. we've obviously made countering violent extremism and their efforts to radicalize people using social media a top priority. and we've worked effectively with countries around the world, including nations like the united arab emirates and malaysia to establish fusion centers where we can work our efforts to counter them online. more intelligence sharing, to track the flow of foreign fighters or other individuals that could be the source of some concern and coordinating our efforts on that front is important too. this is an effort that we have been working to counter all along and we've made some progress. significant of a threat now, according to some analysts, because of the

trump and others is ultimately helping do isil's work for us. >> dickerson: he was the chief birther in america, questioning whether or not you were... what's your reaction that he's the nominee of the republican party? >> i think it says something about what's happened to the republican party over the course of the last eight, ten, 15 years. if you think about what a bob dole or a jim baker or a howard baker or a dick lugar or a colin powell stood for, they were conservative. they were concerned about limited government and balancing budgets and making sure we had a strong defense. but they also understood that our system of government requires compromise, that democrats weren't the enemy, that the way our government works requires us to listen to each other. and that's not the kind of politics that we've seen practiced i think all too often. >> dickerson: do you think the majority of the american people feel safe, that the world is safer? >> i think right now we've gone through a really tough month, and that happens sometimes. we've had a terrorist attack in orlando, although it do

every alley already contributes to the campaign dwens isil.they'll continue aircraft to improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance against isil. nato training of iraqi security forces run in jordan, will move to iraq, where they can be even more effective and building on my decision to largely maintain the current u.s. troop presence in afghanistan into next year, 39 nations including the u.s. have committed more than 12,000 troops to nato's training mission. and in addition, some 30 nations have pledged upwards of $900 million to help sustain afghan forces. which is a very strong message of our enduringing commitment to afghanistan. we're bolsters our efforts on nato's southern flank. the alliance will increase our support to eu naval operations in the mediterranean, to stop arms traffickers and go after criminal exploiting desperate migrants and we're going to do more to help partners from north africa to the middle east, georgia, strengthen their own defense, capacity. and finally after many year, nato has stopped the collective

every ally already contributes to the campaign against isil.ircraft to improve recognizance against isil. training of security forces currently ran in jordan will move to iraq where they can be more effective. building on my decision to maintain the u.s. presence in afghanistan. 39 nations have committed troops to the training mission. 30 nations have pledged upwards of $900 million to help support afghan forces which is a sign of our commitment to afghanistan. we're bolstering our efforts on nato's southern flank. the alliance will increase our support to e.u. naval operations in the mediterranean to stop arms traffickers and go after criminals that are exploiting desperate migrants. and we're going to do more to help partners from north africa to the middle east to georgia to strengthen their capacity. finally after many years, nato has stopped the collective decline in defense spending. over the past two years, most nato members have halted cuts and begun investing more in defense. this means defense spending across the alliance is now sched

to clarify whether they believe the attack was inspired by isil or ordered by the islamic state. here in dc outside of the frenches embassy a makeshiftt memorial continues to grow as people continue to more than and follow the news. reporting in northwest, dc news. >> now to the turmoil in turkey, tens of thousands of people demonstrating in the streets tos show support for turkey elected leader. comes 24 hours after a faction.i military attempted a coup latest from foxs. >> reporter: a failed military coup overnight that left 160 people dead and 14 hundred others wounded. supporters of turkish president rally for him today as president vowed to arrest any and all a people linked to failed take over saying they will quote, pay a heavy price for their tree son. clean up crews are already hard at work at the turkish parliament building. as government leaders held emergency session. >> reporter: this attempt was w not attempt was. >> reporter: three thousand t peoplehr arrested in wake. cowpea tell me, eight members tried to take asylum in greecerc landsing in a militaryilit helicop

. >> i think it's a pretty substantial indication of the kind of pressure that isil is under and the success we're having in developing targets and acting against them in short order. >> reporter: led by iraqi security forces, the air strikes killed upwards of 250 militants and destroyed about 175 vehicles. that comes just days after the iraqi military announced its troops had seized fallujah from isis, a success as coalition forces prepare to attack mosul. this as the u.n. children's fund, unicef, warned that 3.6 million iraqi children are at serious risk of death, injury, and sexual violence. a startling statistic and sobering reminder that there is unimaginable pain and suffering amid small successes. in afghanistan, the situation on the ground has worsened. taliban militants launched an attack on an afghan police cadet convoy, killing at least 30 people, even targeting those who came to help the injured. proof that the administration's plans for the region are only making marginal gains at best. >> right now the administration would like to have you believe the iraqis have steppe

we're going to keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq.h our partners from africa to afghanistan and destroy this vial terrorist organization in contrast to the terrorists who only know how to kill and destroy, we're going to win this fight by building, by never giving up on diplomacy to end the syrian civil war. by working with partners around the world, including muslim communities, to push back against hateful ideologies that twist and distort islam. a religion that teaches peace and justice and compassion. we'll defeat these ideologies by offering a better vision of development and economic progress. so people, especially young people, have more hope and opportunity and are less susceptible to extremism and violence in the first place, and we'll continue to promote nd democracy so citizens have a say in their future. and we will win this fight by staying true to our values, values of pluralism and rule of law and diversity, and freedoms like the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and assembly, the very freedoms that the people of

every ally already contributed to the campaign against isil. now the alliance will contribute aircraft to improve our recognizance against isil. nato training of iraqi security forces will move to iraq where they can be more effective. and 39 nations including the u.s. have committed more than 12,000 troops to nato's training mission. and in addition, some 30 nations have pledged up towards of $900 million to abstain afghan forces, which is a strong message to afghanistan. we're bolstering our efforts on nato's southern flank. the alliance will increase our support to e.u. -- to stop arms traffickers and go after criminals that are exploiting desperate migrants and we're going to do more to help partners from north africa to the middle east to georgia strengthen their own defense capacity. and finally after many years, nato has stopped the collective decline in defense spending. over the past two years, most nato members have halted cuts and begun investing more in defense. and this means defense spending across the alliance is now scheduled to

islamic state in lef aunt, by the way, is what that means for isil. they don't like the words islamic state because they say allowing a group to call themselves that presumes they speak for all muslims. the number of muslims on the planet is 1.6 to 2 billion people. daesh is actually just an abbreviation, which in arabic is offensive to an islam -- it's offensive to abbreviate words. they say call them daesh. it's the least respectful way of saying it. >> i see. i will ask you real quick, they were showing pictures of terror attacks overseas. people have said pretty soon someone is going to come into the u.s. to cause harm here. we heard a of a number of attacks where people may have been inspired by isil, isis or daesh. talk to me about the difference. >> well, in many ways, there is not a lot of difference. the common thread for both was that daesh, when they recruit these people, do so through social media. they target millennials. we are thinking about voters. the same kind of voters bernie sanders is going after. 18 to 29-year-olds. these people

to take the fight to isil. and it's time for members of ongress to do their job. >> he asked should they -- they should be asked if they subscribe to sharia law and if they do, be kicked out of the country. does the president have any response to that? mr. earnest: sounds like he should consult his copy of the constitution as well. our nation was founded on the principle that this is a country a nded -- that this is country where people can worship as they please without interference from the government. that's a principle enshrined in our constitution and one the president believes is worth protecting. -- proposals like that, rhetoric like that, is un-american, by its very definition. this is also the worst possible me for leaders or aspiring leaders to suggest that somehow americans should start turning on one another. that's exactly what the terrorists want us to do. i think the american people would expect their leaders to stand up and seek to unify this country in these trying times. that certainly is goin

many of the nations represented here today are part of the global coalition against isil.he opportunity to say we will not be deterred. we will not relent, to prevent attacks and defend the homeland, and take out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq and standing with partners in africa and afghanistan and destroy this vile terrorist organization. in contrast to terrorists who only know how to kill and destroy we are going to win this fight by building, by never giving up on diplomacy, to end the syrian civil war. by working with partners around the world including muslim communities against hateful ideology to twist and distort islam. we will defeat these ideologies, a better vision of developing to the economic process so people, especially young people have more hope and opportunity, less susceptible to extremism and violence in the first place and we will continue to promote political opportunity and democracy so citizens have a say in their future. we will win this fight by staying true to our values, values of pluralism, rule of law and diversity and f

in iraq we are taking back territory very rapidly from daesh, isil.ously contracting. similarly in syria we're making significant progress. i was just in russia where we're talking with the russians about how we can put a cessation more effectively into place which will enable us to go after isil, kill isil more effectively and get to the political process of a transition of dealing with assad. i believe we made progress there. we made significant progress on the ground. but there are fighters, chuck, who have left syria a year ago, two years ago, three years ago and there's a process of radicalization that takes place so that one person in one place, as we saw in orlando or as we just saw in nice, france, has the ability to jump in a truck or go into a nightclub and unfortunately do terrible damage. that is extremely hard for law enforcement to deal with ahead of time unless there is intelligence regarding it. so i believe those events actually are efforts by isil to try to prove relevance and to try to frighten people more, but i do think with respe

we are going to keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq. we will keep standing with our partners from africa to afghanistan and we are going to destroy this vile terrorist organization. leon: the president ordered flags at ha abroad following the attacks in france. alison: at&t and verizon announced they will wave any charges for calls and text messages to france for their customers for the next few days. at&t's offer will run through sunday. verizon will offer free calls and texts through tomorrow. michelle: security teams around the world are re-examining procedures after the seemingly simplistic attack. that is what is troubling for many people. using a truck as a weapon. scott taylor shows us what is done around here to guard against a similar attack. scott? scott: the next big event, of course, the nats and the pirates tonight in two hours. you know, around 7:00, this will be packed with people. thousands of people. i want to show you what is the difference here between the traffic and the people. this gate right here, so much like in

they assure me that there will be no interruption of our counter isil efforts and incirlik. apparently, there has been refuelling with the turkish air force with planes that were flying in the coup itself and i think that has something to do with what's taken place there. it's not focused on us. they have absolutely assured us of their commitment to the fight against daesh and their foreign minister will be coming to washington with their defense minister in three days for a major conference we have with 45 countries, foreign minister, defense ministers to keep pushing forward on the strategy against daesh. i expect operations will get back to normal very quickly and we don't know the details of the coup, and i think the turkish government itself is trying to figure out the full measure of who was involved and how. >> has this affected the fight against isis or as you call it d.a.s.h.? >> no, it has not, according to our commanders it might have been a minor delay here or there, but it has not affected the fundamental direction or commitment to the fight. >>. >> as you know,

we'll keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq. we're going to keep standing with our partners from africa to afghanistan and we are going to destroy this vile terrorist organization. in contrast to these terrorists who only know how to kill and destroy, we're going to win this fight by building, by never giving up on diplomacy to end the syrian civil war. by work ing with partners around the world, including muslim communities to push back against hateful ideologies that twist and distort islam. a religion that teaches peace and justice and compassion. we'll defeat these ideologies by offering a better vision of econom economics so young people have more hope and are less susce susceptible to violence and we will continue to promote democracy so citizens have a say in their future. we will win this fight by staying true to our values, values of pluralism and rule of law and diversity. and freedoms. like the freedom of religion. freedom of speech and assembly. the very freedoms that the people of nice were celebrating last night on

you just talked about unity in the counter isil coalition and given that nato is sort of the beating heart of this coalition, could you respond to donald trump's remarks about nato unity and his suggestion of a potential financial quid pro quo in the u.s. meeting or not meeting its treaty obligations under nato? thank you. >> well, look, i've said this bf and i need to say it again. i am not going to get into the presidential race. i'm not allowed under the law to become engaged candidate for candidate, pro or con. i'm not in politics. so let me just restate american policy with regard to nato, because i want nato to be clear where we stand. this administration, like every single administration, republican and democrat alike since 1949, remains fully committed to the nato alliance and to our security commitments under article 5, which is absolutely bedrock to our membership and partnership in nato. i might point out, every nato country is a member of the coalition against daesh, and 20 of the 28 nations were here today. so that's how important nato is and the work we are doing, and i

we're determined to do all they can to defeat isil or daesh come and we will defeat them.an talk a little bit about where we are in this campaign but we are also just on focus on defeating this. we're focusing on what comes after days. before introducing foreign minister al-jaafari i want to put in context why the foreign minister is in washington. we are very honored to have them here in our capital city. about what's happening this week. we are bringing together over 40 members of our international coalition in a campaign to defeat the daesh to look it over the next six months. in many ways our campaign is ahead of where we thought it would be at this time. we do check in with the coalition and the couple of months and we thought most will be a very, very difficult challenge. most of of course is where al-baghdadi declared his sony caliphate two years ago this month. it is where we will put one of the nails into the coffin of that phony caliphate and we do we have to get mosul back. modeless one of the most complex challenges ahead of us. is about 1 million people still

every ally already contributes against the campaign against ooi isil. we will improve our reconnaissance and training of iraqi forces will move so they can be more effective and 39 nations, including the u.s., have committed more than 12,000 troops to nato's training mission and, in addition, some 30 nations have pledged upwards of $900 million to help sustain afghan forces which is a very strong message of our enduring commitment to afghanistan. we are bolstering our efforts on nato's southern flank. the alliance will increase our support to eu naval operations to stop arms traffickers and go after criminals exploiting desperate migrants and we'll do more to help partners from africa to the middle east and strengthen their own capacity. and finally, after many years, nato has stopped the collective decline in defense spending. over the past two years, most nato members have held at cuts and began investing more in defense and this means defense spending across the alliance is now scheduled to increase. i especially want to commend our friends in the uk

we're going to keep taking out isil leaders and pushing isil back in syria and iraq.re going to keep standing with our partners from africa to afghanistan and we're going to destroy this vial terrorist organization. >> nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal talked to the local french community and also looked at city at philadelphia's major events. >> reporter: summer in large cities like philadelphia means large groups of people gathering in public places, and experts say these small barricades aren't going to stop a madman. but there is something police can do as we begin to learn more about this evolving terror threat. as big crowds of tourists squeeze into open public spaces -- >> it could happen at any time, anyplace. >> reporter: there's growing fear after the attack

he says he once to destroy isil and if he cannot get to the men leading isil, he wants to go to theirren, kids and wives. you talk about evangelical, but if you go to that rivaled, it's -- go to that bible, it says thou shall not kill. muslims have arrived to believe that faith they believe in, just like christians have a right, but to a parallel between the two. use a muslims chop off people's heads, gouge their eyes out, kill them. let's go back. probably some of your people have run up on these atrocities. back in america, christians, not muslims, in the 1960's, quite christians on the way to church throw bombs at black people's houses because they were black. if they did not buy -- if they did not die from the bombs, they shot them coming out the front door. thinking black men from trees, skinning them, laughing about it, standing on the trees. are barbaric for doing that, what do you call christians? simply with is not the bible because he said corinthians. how can he be so christian but they get on tv and talk about different people? host: thank you for calling. we went to get k