in syria, working along side our turkish allies we cleared isis stemming the flow of money to isis' front lines. foreign fighter flow in iraq with 1,500 fighters. and we estimate those numbers are less than 100 per month. syrian democratic forces are completing it in raqqa. the planning and directing operations such as the attacks in paris and berlin. we are taking the fight to isis attacking their affiliates and any groups that claim allegiance. isis is a transregional threat and we have a global approach. my recent meeting in nato and one of many meetings we have. i'm working with 60 of my counterparts to expand the plan. our priority is to prevent attacks against the homeland. our strategic approach is to cut it and that is the foreign fighter flee. our objective is to drive down isis' capability where support is able to provide security and we are doing this today in libya, somalia yemen and afghanistan. the president directed us to find ways to accelerate the campaign and identified opportunities to do that. for example we recommended to the secretary and president trump and approved

to destroy isis. no longer will we have slowed decision cycles because washington dc has to authorize tactical movements on the ground i have absolute confidence, as does the president, commander in chief, and the commanders in the ground as proven by delegating the authority to me to further delegated and carried it out aggressively. yes, ma'am. >> i like to follow up about the iranian acts, are you concerned say in iraq, that certain armed units have risen in all of this fighting and what the iranian backed popular mold mobilization or the pkk and the situation has allowed these armed groups to emerge and to be visible to control "after words"? >> the iranian regime has been unhelpful as you all know, some years ago when the syrian people went rose up against the side, they would have been successful except for the iranian reinforcements will support for assad. that's the reason he was able to withstand that difficult time and still be in position now. iran's activities have not been helpful. they h

despite needing to go into populated areas to break isis hold on their caliphate, despite isis purposefully endangering innocent lives by allowing civilians to evacuate and we continue all possible efforts to protect the innocent. you are aware of the human costs that isis has killed, wounded, refugees, control over those regions they hold, the costs to turkey, jordan lebanon and syrians and iraqiees have been displaced. the world has responded. i emphasize this is a coalition effort. since this began in 2014, the coalition has strengthened and expanded. the ifrpbl team is fully committed at the political and military levels to the destruction of isis. a coalition with 68 members, 65 nations with more joining as we speak, plus interpol, the european union and arab league united in opposition. sharing intelligence providing troops and funds for combat and no less importance for the post-combat recovery. in late march, our secretary of state gathered colleagues in washington where they discussed how we would deal with the post-combat after math. secretary tillerson and mr. mcgurk focused thei

now we have isis manifestations of isis in libya, afghanistan. i don't know where boko haram is nowadays. both the 2001 aumf and the rationales are not infinitely elastic to reach the adversary no matter what it is or how it manifests itself. i think if you take a longer view, it is imperative to our democracy, but there is also legal reasons it would be wise and advantageous to the current administration to secure a new and express authorization. >> charlie. >> i quarrel with the notion that it is not legally necessary but still part of the core constitutional functioning of our government because it is not legally necessary, that means the core constitutional function of our government is that congress's war powers are just ceremonial. they need to be seen to be blessing the thing that can happen without them. >> they could repeal the transfer of the exercise their constitutional role that war should end in exactly the same manner they can act to endorse the fight as it has evolved post-9/11. i disagree with that. >> but if they don't repeal it

fight against isis? >> it's totally counterproducti counterproductive. >> reporter: so the new revealing footage we obtained raises questions of what u.s. military officials know or tolerate. on this night, the torture by the erd unit of two iraqi brothers was led by a soldier described to arkadi as the unit's liaison with the u.s. military. the torturer himself told arkadi that american soldiers taught him this so-called interrogation technique, applying the point of a knife to a sensitive spot behind the ear. the two brothers, one a car salesman, the other who owned a falafel stand, were supposedly under suspicion as isis supporters. although arkadi says the soldiers knew they actually had escaped from isis. they're not isis? >> they're not isis. >> reporter: a few days later, arkadi received this cell phone video from an erd soldier showing the dead body of one of the brothers who was tortured. on the video, a soldier says "we took revenge." in our phone call, captain nazar said his group has instruct

there is no escape for isis. even while we do all that is humanly possible to shepard the innocent out of harm's way. talafar is also surrounded and other pockets of isis exist elsewhere. we will continue to fully support the iraqi security forces and the prime minister's government in isolating and destroying isis throughout iraq. in syria, we support syrian democratic forces that recently seized have taken tack ca and are currently attacking with great success to isolate raqqa. isis has additional strength scattered down the river valley to the iraq border. we will not stop until they, too, are destroyed. i want our chairman general dun zairs fo dunford and to provide more details to let me sum up. we are leading a comprehensive international campaign to crush isis claim of invisibility. to deny isis a geographic haven from have to hatch murder, eliminate isis ability to operate externally, and to irrad indicate to finance terrorist operations. thanks to leadership and authorities provided by trump, thafrpgs th

and that's isis. and that's why isis is the opt of a jv team. and is the most successful jihaddist organization since the caliphate was dissolved. last point on why isis is special and that has to do with the narrative. an awful word. hate it. d.c. love these word. the message, if you will, bumper sticker of isis, must be understood because that, too is different from all the other jihadi groups. there is a core narrative to the jihaddism of the last 90 years, based upon -- if you're interested, you can google these people, qutb, the founding author of me muslim brotherhood. then we have a key individual such as -- al-bana the founder of the muslim brother hood. we have the current head of al qaeda, and the most important of all, a man called an do la azzam. the true creator of the pre-al qaeda and bin laden's boston spiritual guide. these individuals laid the groundwork and the stunning thing is, all the bad guys of significance have read their works. i we captured these documents in every that's at the, so there is a plan. the most dangerous t

isis is a death cult.goal but to die in jihad and spread their version of their cultic view of islam. until that is eliminated, they are going to continue to spread. we are killing them on two particular battlefields, but so long as their ideology exists in the world, they are as virulent as the first day they rolled into mosul. brian: you are against waterboarding. what is the difference between waterboarding and dropping a bomb on somebody's head from a drone? malcolm: waterboarding is a war crime. there is a way to fight this war without violating our ethics. i'm a big champion of ethics and intelligence. i know where the lines are. we all, as professionals, understand where our war fighters should and could push their selves up to that line. but it is legitimate and it is honorable to carry oneself within war and carry it in such a way that the enemy understands your force and impact. also, there is the force and impact of your morals that are even more. they are a force multiplier. they have none. the

jihad inis the ghost isis.", "hacking isis is in their moment.to die, to a man, in syria and iraq. they will not get out of there alive. all these 30,000-40,000 men who went over there, their children and wives might survive, and that is another thing we have to be concerned about. host: do they care if they die? guest: they don't care if they died. i try to show why isis is not a muslim extremist group. you can negotiate with islamic extremists. hezbollah, hamas, those groups have political goals to their extremism. isis is a death cult. they have no goal but to die in jihad and spread their version of their cultic view of islam. until that is eliminated, they are going to continue to spread. we are killing them on two particular battlefields, but so long as their ideology exists in the world, they are as virulent as the first day they rolled into mosul. host: you are against waterboarding. what is the difference between waterboarding and dropping a bomb on somebody's head from a drone? guest: waterboarding is a war crime. there is a way to figh

my thought is, we need to get on isis immediately.e need to forget about obama's policy, who said on television, he said, we have no policy to deal with isis. that is dead wrong. they have a policy to deal with us, they want to kill us. it is that simple. i think we need to turn donald trump loose and keep him from democrats.l of the the democrats is fighting the republicans, the republicans is fighting the democrats, and the russians are doing what the heck they want. i think it is dead wrong on our part to let this happen. stop isis dead. thank you. host: your response? guest: i think you raised some interesting points. i would say the trump administration, in terms of its rhetoric, shares that point of view. interestingly enough i think what you are seeing is some extent, the generals and the pentagon, the admirals, and secretary mattis elevating the discourse, using sharper language like we are going to annihilate isis. if you zoom back and take the 40,000 foot view, we are not seeing a massive surge of troops and to these countri

that's isis. that's why isis is the opposite of a jv team.it is a most successful jihadist organization since the caliphate was devolved last point of why isis is special and that has to do with its narrative, it's an awful word and i hated but the message, if you will, the bumper sticker of isis must be understood because that too is different from the other g heidi groups.unding the founding muslim brotherhood laid the stage in the 1950s we have a key individual, the founder of the muslim brotherhood, we have the current head of al qaeda and the most important of all is a man called abdullah. .... .... significance have read their works. i we captured these documents in every that's at the, so there is a plan. the most dangerous thing to do is to say the enemy is crazy and they have no plan. wrong. the enemy has a strategy. and that is wh >> the enemy have the strategy and that is why they have been so effective. for 90 years, it was the same. we are purifying islam, the west has declared on us, whether it is through colonialism, free marke

has lost has isis regained. it shows the effectiveness of what we are doing. however, there are a larger currents, there are larger confrontations in this part of the world and we cannot be blind to those. that is why they met in washington under secretary tillerson's effort to carry out president trump's strategy to make certain we don't just clean out this enemy and end up with a new enemy in the same area. >> dickerson: you served under president obama, you are now serving president trump, how are they different? >> everyone leads in their own way, john, in the case of the president, he has got to select the right people that he has trust in to carry out his vision of a strategy. secretary tillerson and i we coordinate all of the president's campaign, we just make certain that foreign policy is led by the state department, i inform secretary tillerson the military factors and we make certain that then when we come out of our meetings, state department and defense department are tied tightly together and we ca

isis fighters.month, they killed 70 people mistakenly, and that was the only strike that happened this year where no civilian was killed. charlie: what does your organization do? >> our organization is mostly concerned with development and education. our model is based on community centers. we set up community centers and -- in the most underprivileged communities in neighboring countries, and we are responsive to these communities and their needs. communities in neighboring countries, and we are responsiv, small grants. charlie: you are training people every day? >> yes. charlie: you live in georgia? -- jordan? >> yes. charlie: what do you want the united states to do? how can the united states do more to help the syrian people? >> it's a difficult question, but i think they have already been involved in the military phase of the problem or the conflict, but, sadly, they were only focusing on the consequences of but i think they have already been involved in the military 's existence in the last th

isis is already claiming responsibility. what's your reaction?well isis is claiming responsibility, it's a little too early to determine if, in fact, they were involved. there are three terms we use relative to terrorist attack spy, enable, directed. this young man will do a rollback trying to determine what was his motivation, was he inspired, was he directed or enabled. it's early to give them credit for this, despite their attempt to claim credit for it. >> we don't know anything about this 23-year-old young man who was arrested in south manchester but the fact that the authorities have made an arrest does that tell you anything? >> early on pete williams was reporting that this may be a totally separate incident from the event of the bombing, so once again, on that one, we'll have to just wait and see if there is a connection. usually you see additional arrests coming out of these as the authorities move on other related types of incidents. >> in identifying the bomber, whether it was lone wolf or coordinated with isis, does it make a differe

strikes started, russia helped isis advance because they were hitting the moderate rebels fighting isis on the ground. they were striking one from the sky from isis -- >> charlie: were they hitting them because they were opposed to the assad regime? >> isis supposedly opposed the assad regime. russia was hitting the moderate rebels because they want to feed the assad propaganda that he is only fighting terrorists. we have seen the story where they did the capturing and russia captured it back. because the rebels fighting isis on the ground and the rebels have paid the highest price ever more than any other international force supposedly fighting isis and they were the main targets for the russian airstrikes besides the hospitals and schools and markets. this is not been highlighted enough in the international media. that in a way is giving russia the legitimacy of isis. >> to build on what zaina has said we want to empower the organizations doing the work on the ground and considered to be the future of syria. >> charlie: you mean financial support or empower them by moral support? empo

these are people who say isys, you are cool. they are fully operational. >> let's take a historical perspective to that. maybe we have some amateur historians in the room. go back the last 170 years. pick any insurgency in modern history, any insurgency whether it's now in china or after world war ii, whether it's the market in columbia, but just ask yourself one question. in each of those cases, doesn't matter which one you pick, the answer will be the same. what was the strategic objective of the insurgency? what did they wish to achieve? it's always the same thing. they are in irregular warfare conflict against big government. now they want to take down the nationalists and take over china which he successfully did. the fork in columbia wished to take down the elite in so-called body of aryan republic representatives of the true people of columbia. but in every single case, whichever insurgent group you choose it's always the same exact objective. replace the one government they are fighting.now attach that to isis. it isn't

that's what created isis. isis is a convenient foe for the russians.ecause isis is helping fight the battle that russia wants fought. do you think russia cares that there was an attack in manchester? that helps russia. >> tucker: i kind of remember syria when it was stable and guess who ran it?? oh, the assad family ran it. so it's hard to look me in the face and say supporting a bunch of people, someone who may be goodhearted, some who may be lunatics is making the country more stable than what was eight years ago when it was run by a dictator who hated america. a bad guy. but it was stable and now it's not. so call me stupid but that seems like the facts. >> so you agree with president obama that we should've not done anything in syria, because you remember, the revolution that started in syria, the u.s. didn't start that revolution. that was a revolution thatat started on its own, and it happened, and there were forces that went against assad and eventually when we didn't do anything, russia went in. now we have a destabilized country that helps cre

they helped isis advance.have all seen the story of .almyra those rebels were fighting isis on the ground, and the rebels have paid the highest price ever, more than any other international force who are supposedly fighting isis, and .hey are the main targets this has not been highlighted enough in the international media, and that, in a way, is ofing russia the legitimacy fighting isis, which is something they are doing the opposite of. charlie: go ahead. >> no, to build on what she said, what we would ask the public or the united states to do is to empower local actors and organizations that are doing the work on the ground. charlie: empower them by financial support? >> on many levels. before we even talk about negotiations and peace talks, we would demand the release of political detainees who were detained early on just by calling out for freedom and democracy in the country. we want protection of civilians. we want safe zones for civilians before we even talk about any peace talks, and, of course, you wo

isis tried to provide cover as isis fighters advanced.s what came to a standoff here as they are trading gunfire back and forth. even along the alley way they strung blankets up in order to stay out of the view of isis fighrs significant gains in the past few days but now the fight is for the old city and no one here is willing to predict how long that will take. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from being embarassed by her parents? nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. ♪ ♪ five-second rule protection. new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. ♪ lysol. what it takes to protect. >>> it's been six years since navy s.e.a.l.s. hunted down osama bin laden. and they are still poring over documents recovered from the raid. turns out, there'

what does this mean for the battle against isis and syria? >> the saudis are good at fighting terrorism abroad. if they want a good relationship with the united states, the best thing an american president can do is stand firm rather than changing around and capitulating to other countries. what donald trump is going to do, i want a great arms deal with you, we will have this and help your economy, got to expect something out of you in return, you have got to help us fight isis and the saudis will be anxious about doing that. >> a busy day as we have been reporting all morning long. an hour break and then have a meeting with the prince and the deputy prince. talk about the importance of that meeting. king salman is in his 80s, the next generation of saudi arabia and having that connection with whoever takes over from here. >> generations change. saudis want peace. the way the government is set up there is the royal family, the secular aspect of the government and the religious leaders. the saudis have problems to worry about in their country

now what's happened as far as isis attackers, recent and again, we don't know this is isis. it has not been claimed by any group. but they've become increase leg good at using burner phones and erasing their history. for example, in san bernardino, even though isis claimed that attack, to this date i don't believe that officials have been able to recover the electronics that that person, that that couple used in the lead-up to that attack. so that key link is missing. we saw, for instance during the paris attacks that they were using burner phones. abdelhamid who was the leader of the attack and died a couple of days later, his body was found next to a stack of unopened burner phones. >> wow. >> that's the trick. if depending on their sophistication, they would have taken steps to erase the history or else to use throwaway, throwaway phones in order to hide their trarks as cracks. >> yes. >> thank you for being with us tonight. i appreciate it. our msnbc coverage continues now. we'll be covering the latest from manchester, england, all night. i'll remind you that we are awai

when it comes to isis, pro isis sympathies here in the west, we need to have a zero tolerance policy. in the u.s. we hear so many times if you see something, say something. i don't know if that's the philosophy there in the u.k. and in western europe, but it needs to be especially in the muslim communities. they, more than anyone, need to be the ears and eyes of all of us because people like abedi are attending mosques with clear radical views. they need to be called out and authorities need to be alerted. >> people who are not muslim worry about saying something for fear they will be wrong. you mention in the community, those are the key players. those are the people we have to hear from. but they also have fears of their own. they tend to be the targets of those within their faith who are the most extremist. they're under threat as well. >> i'd say two things. number one, you make a great point. political correctness will be the death of us. it's been the death of far too many people already. many moderate muslims are not speaking out because their head is first on the chopping bloc

and investigators blamed isis. mcmasters cited that bombing today. >> the president was emphasizing, we have common interests here. we have an area, an area of cooperation with transnational terrorist organizations. isis in particular, an organization that has already taken down a russian airliner and murdered over200 people. >> reporter: intelligence officials are also concerned sharing information with the u.s. because of this incident. scott, homeland security is weighing expanding a ban on carry on electronics on international flights to the u.s. as result of the isis threat. >> thanks again. margaret brennan is covering the white house tonight. >> we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isis. >> reporter: standing alongside turkey's leader, president trump defended sharing intelligence with russian officials. >> we want to get as many to help fight terrorism as possible. >> reporter: this morning the president tweeted it was his absolute right to share w

in paris, isis orchestrated the attack on a soccer stadium.lan concert hall, where a popular american rock group was performing. more than 130 were killed there. a perfect target for the terrorists. >> these are targets that represent western civilization. which they see as lascivious. which they see as counter to their very strict version of islam. >> reporter: both isis and al qaeda have been posting new calls for their followers to attack large gatherings any way they can. just two months ago, there was the attack with a driver mowing down pedestrians on the sidewalk of the parliament bridge in london. and last year the truck attack in nice, france, on bastille day. tonight -- >> oh my god. >> reporter: officials in great britain say the manchester attack, with a suicide bomb, showed more planning and sophistication and evil. >> young teenage girls attending a concert. and they are now the target for an attack like this. really demonstrating how ruthless isis is. >> reporter: for "nightline," brian ross, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to

the campaign against isis. it is a threat to all civilized nations and the bottom line is, we are going to move in an accelerated and reinforced manner, throw them on their back foot. amy: but as the u.s. ramps up airstrikes, are syrian civilians are paying the price? and leaked documents reveal counterterrorism tactics were used at standing rock by the security firm tigerswan, hired by energy transfer partners. against water protectors who they call insurgents. we will speak with the intercept reporter broke the story and tara houska of honor the earth. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in afghanistan, a massive bombing near the german embassy in the capital kabul killed more than 80 people and wounded over 350 during rush hour traffic wednesday morning. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. though, the taliban said they are not responsible. officials have described today's bombing as one of the biggest bla

it is the cause of i isis in syria.f you talk to syrians, bashar al-assssad and thehe regime is e biggesteterrorist inin the country. the force is fighting isis, which are reform -- assume he is talking about, is ypg. nermeen: and you explalain what you say, it gave birth to isis in syria, the assad regime? that is not what is commonly understood. >> i've spent a good portion of the last few months interviewing a number of isis fighters. one thing i made a point to do is ask him, whwhy did you join this group? to a person, that all say they witnessed some horrific massacre conducted by the regime. i've never heard anyone give another reason other than that. what has happen is the sheer brutality of the regime has led people to join isis, especially in the context where they see there's not a lot of support for other groups. isis is one of the few groups in syria that does not get foreign support. it is a must entirely self-funded, which gives it a sort of staying power that other groups don't have. nermeen: is it your s

it was explained that isis tried to provide cover as isis fighters advanced.me to a standoff here as they are trading gunfire back and forth. even along the alley way they strung blankets up in order to stay out of the view of isis fighters. iraqi forces have made significant gains in the past few days but now the fight is for the old city and no one here is willing to predict how long that will take. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. but will it stop this teen from chugging hot sauce? ...oh jeremy. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. and they happen easily. the other side of this... is they can be removed... easily. spray and wash's... powerful formula... removes over 100 stains. spray and wash. better on over 100 stains. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. it quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. relieve heartburn with fast- acting, long-lasting gaviscon. and helps ♪eep acid down for hours

our fight is against isis. on reporter: standing alongside derkey's leader, president trump defended sharing intelligence with russian officials. >> we want to get as many to help fight terrorism as possible. pr reporter: this morning the "aesident tweeted it was his "absolute right" to share what he called "facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety." g said it was intended to get the russians to "greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism." yesterday his national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster, strenuously denied urat any intelligence sources or methods were compromised. >> i was in the room. it didn't happen. >> reporter: today he t knowledged that the disclosure was not preplanned, and he did not deny that classified information was revealed. >> i stand by my statement i made yesterday. what i'm saying is the premise of that article is false, that in any way the president had a conversation that was kappropriate or that resulted in any kind of lapse in national security. ti

the threat from isis has already led in part to the u.s. banning electronics on flights from ten airports in the middle east and africa. scott, talks are now under way on whether to expand that ban to cities in europe. >> pelley: charlie d'agata in the london newsroom. now, in syria, u.s.-backed forces are closing in on the city of raqqa, the isis capital. families are fleeing the battle, and holly williams is inside syria. >> reporter: in the desert west ex raqqa, there is an exodus. in the only vehicles they have, their belongings caked in dust, they stream out of villages where isis is losing territory. heme shepherding the animals that are their livelihood. many women throwing off the black veils that isis forced them to wear. "they wanted to suffocate us, to cover us," said busaina al hamoud, who told us she lived under isis for three years and had her 13-year-old son smuggled out of the country, fearing he would be recruited by the extremists. aisha attia is seven months pregnant and told us she fled her home three days ago. thousands

soil claimed by isis, you had isis recruit recruiters, one in raqqah, one in somalia, encouraging the attackers and in contact with the attackers. is that network -- a number of them have been targeted and killed in drone strikes strike. is that network in place? >> it's been degraded but it's still in play. it's still active in and around raqqah, the isis headquarters attorn ton town. they are in touch with a variety of extremists in the west, in europe, in the united states to try to get them to carry out terrorist attacks in isis' name. we have senior line direction over these encrypted apps in half of all the terrorist plots that we have seen in europe since 2014. a very big part of this terror threat coming from isis using encryption online to communicate with sympathizers back in the west. it's very, very difficult to intercept any of that, if not impossible in real time, anderson, if you don't know who your target is, you don't have a suspect. so european security agencies have been flying blind. u.s. security agencies have been flying blind despite the huge amount of money spe