joining us for that conversation, james jeffrey, a former u.s. ambassador for iraq, currently at the washington student. and phyllis benes. it's good to see you both, and ambassador, it's still early days. is what you heard the president outline in september being played out on the battlefield? >> t. ray, but in a messy fashion. turkey's reluctance is a problem that we have, a huge coalition, but with different objectives. and the fact that turkey has modified it's position and signed up with kobane, has indicated that president obama and his secretary of state secretaries, do their jobs right, they can get people to move, and that's port. >> was the government a missing piece until now in that coalition? >> it wasn't a missing piece. they have their own objectives, and one of which is to fight the assad regime, and that's understandable. that's a major reason we have isis in the first place, in terms of killing civilians, and they hav,ians, andthey're concee kurdish movement, the pkk, and the syrian kurds who tend to be all right with it. they h

for more on the military and diplomatic efforts taking place on the ground, i spoke with james jeffreyformer u.s. ambassador to both turkey and iraq. there is growing pressure on turkey to join the fight against ankara is extremely reluctant. what will it take to bring them in? >> a stronger commitment by the u.s. and other countries to carry the fight also to assad. turkey fears the assad regime and its iranian backers as much as it fears isis, and for good reason. they will have to be given take. >> you have been u.s. ambassador to turkey. what is going on behind closed doors? >> the turks are going to make a very strong case for a no-fly zone, supported by the united states as well as turkey, and internationally sanctioned. and more effort against assad. the turks want the kurds in kobane taking the fight not only to isis, but also to assad. >> what you think it will be? >> i hope it will be that we will also take on assad and do t he no-fly zone. secretary kerry indicated, we have to change of policy, frankly. >> the foreign minister says it is not realistic for turkey to conduct a

. >> for more, we joined by ambassador james jeffrey who served, and as deputy national security advisor. he is a fellow at the washington institute. good to have you on the show. let's talk about secretary hagel. he dodged the report. he talked about how bashar al-assad may be benefitting from u.s. attacks in i.s.i.l. and added that u.s. policies was removed from power. >> you've reported on the show about the problems dealing with syria. now the secretary of defense doing it in what's come out to be a public way. there were leaks about his private physician. for governments to work properly, they have to make points, including criticisms of policy. be that as it is, there are great questions about major aspects of our campaign. are we using the right materials, resources, and what do we do with bashar al-assad. he may not be our biggest problem but is the biggest problems of most of our allies. these are good questions. >> is it evidence split between the defense department and the white house. we saw an issue with messaging coming out from the white house on the one side, two secretar

we'll ask ambassador james jeffrey about those claims in a moment. and russian military planes making some brazen moves, forcing nato forces onto high alert. a tense situation as the world wonders what vladimir putin is up to. bill: also, here's a question: is mitt romney the darling of the midterms in 2014? >> it's like ronald reagan said, he said it's not that liberals rig significant, it's just -- ignorant, it's just that what they know is wrong. [laughter] and president obama's policies are wrong and have been wrong for the american people. óqoqúú bill: we want to take you way up in the state of maine about a mile from the canadian border. the american nurse who was in west africa and has defied the state's forced quarantine order. she was out on a bike ride with her boyfriend a short time ago, and there's reporters surrounding her home, surrounding her as well when she came back to her home. her name is kaci hickox, speaking to reporters as they surrounded her at the end of that bike ride. roll this. >> you talk about taking this last night? >

with me now is james jeffrey. good evening, ambassador. are these air strikes doing any good? >> judge, first of all, it's good to be back. compared to where we were in june when isis surged across iraq the administration and international community has done an extraordinarily large amount of actions, bombings, diplomatic stuff since that time. but i don't think it's enough right now to push these guys back. we essentially are in a containment phase and even that isn't working in parts of anbar province west of baghdad they're still on the march and they have to be stopped and pushed back. >> what else needs to be done? we have these air strikes and this new coalition. they say turkey is now in with us. and you know, will turkey's entry make a difference? >> all of these steps are important, necessary but not sufficient. lieutenant general dave deptula, a retired air force general who i know well and responsible for the first gulf war air campaign said what we need is a thunderstorm, not a drizzle of bombs. when saddam hit a town during the first gulf war we put 267 strikes in

ambassador to iraq james jeffrey says everyone warned the obama administration about isis and that theyst nothing. just today an isis massacre of 30 iraqis in a town west of baghdad. and then here at home, new fears of lone wolf attacks here in the united states. so could all of this have been avoided if president obama had just paid more attention? ambassador jeff joins us. good evening, sir. >> thank you for having me on, greta. >> did i correctly quote you that the obama administration was warned? >> you correctly quoted me. >> and how were they warned? >> they were warned both by their experts on iraq as late or as early as november and december as last year by various intelligence reports.

ambassador of iraq from 2010 to 2012, james jeffrey, says he would not recommend releasing any more gitmo detainees. >> these people are idealogically and essentially committed to their evil cause, and it is very hard to sort out who is going to stay at home and who are going to return to the battlefield. >> u.s. defense officials estimate that of the 620 detainees released by the bush and obama administrations, 180 are suspected to have returned to the fight worldwide. that's about a 25% recidivism rate. sean? >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you, but despite that frightening statistic, in today's developing story, president obama and his cohorts have continuously supported closing the prison. watch this. >> it's not surprising to me we've got problems in gu guantanamo, which is why when i was campaigning in 2007 and 2008, and when i was elected in 2008, i said, we need to close guantanamo. i continue to believe we've got to close guantanamo. >> it's time to lift those restrictions and move forward with shutting down guantanamo. we can transfer most of the detainees safely to f

by james jeffrey who served as ambassador to iraq and crrs, syria, i want to start with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general manatov dempsey who says he fears that kobani will fall. >> this would be a dramatic change for the worse. the most terrible thing that will happen to the coalition into the region since the fall of mowl mosul back in june. we have drawn a line in the sand and hit numerous strikes on kobani, we can't put a coalition together to stop these people because in kobani we have syrian kurdish fighters who are willing to stand and fight. why aren't they being supported? >> again repeated that air strikes won't do the trick to fight i.s.i.l. that combat troops are needed. with free syrian army fighters not being ready, and why not go all out against i.s.i.l. with air strikes and especially in light of the fact that there are reports that i.s.i.l. may have moved lots of fighters there from all over the region for this battle? >> that's a very, very good question. nobody can seem to understand why. these are what we call targets of opportunity. the -- first o

ambassador to iraq from 2010 to 2012, james jeffrey, says he would not recommend releasing more get know essentially religiously committed to their evil cause. it is very hard to sort out who are going to stay at home and who are going to return to the battlefield. >> in fact, one of the leadings now was followed by three mo moroccans released from guantanamo bay. >> joining me mark teeson, "washington post" columnist and american enterprise institute fellow and a form guard at guantanamo bay. >> what this administration is doing right now is effectively sending reinforcements to isis and al qaeda. this is a catch and release program out of guantanamo bay. when i was in guantanamo bay in 2004 and 2005, there were about 600. there's only 150 there right now. president bush released a lot more detainees than president obama had. but he was releasing those that had been swept up on the battlefield. you saw a lower recidivism rate then. we're now seeing close to 30% of detainees leaving guantanamo day going to the battlefield. those 20 or 30 are not just in their home countries. they've gone

ambassador to iraq from 2010-2012, james jeffrey, says he would not recommend releasing more gitmo detaineeshese people are very ideologically and, essentially, religiously committed to their evil cause, and it is very hard to sort out who we're going to stay at home and who are going to return to the battlefield. >> reporter: officials say many of the former detainees who have joined isis and other al-qaeda-linked groups were originally released to six countries in europe and north africa. they were deemed too dangerous to be released to their native countries. the countries who agreed to receive the detainees lost track of them, and now many are appearing back on the battlefield. there are 80 detainees eligible for transfer from guantanamo bay, melissa. melissa: jennifer, thank you so much for that report. colonel peters, is this surprising, or is this the way it goes in war with return enemies? >> in war you don't return your enemies. we didn't release nazi prisoners or japanese prisoners until the war was over. and it's certainly not surprising that when we were idiotic enough to release

ambassador to iraq james jeffrey says everyone warned the obama administration about isis and that they did almost nothing. just today an isis massacre of 30 iraqis in a town west of baghdad. and then here at home, new fears of lone wolf attacks here in the united states. so could all of this have been avoided if president obama had just paid more attention? ambassador jeff joins us. good evening, sir. >> thank you for having me on, greta. >> did i correctly quote you that the obama administration was warned? >> you correctly quoted me. >> and how were they warned? >> they were warned both by their experts on iraq as late or as early as november and december as last year by various intelligence reports. most the town of fallujah iconic town for the u.s. military because we lost some people liberating it back in 2004, when that fell, it was very clear that its sis was not another islamic terrorist group a threat to the very stability of the middle east. for months we did almost nothing, until june. >> that was even more painful that happened late december and january. that of course is w

ambassador james jeffrey.always a pleasure to have you on "new day." >>> is it possible for pets to spread the ebola virus? there's outrage today after health officials euthanized a dog belonging to an infected nursing assistant. we'll ask an infectious disease specialist if putting down excalibur, was necessary. >>> and an indiana family is suing police and speaking out to cnn after police smashed in their window and tazed a passenger. you won't want to miss the emotional reaction from that family. >>> half past the hour, good to have you back with us on "new day." the head of homeland security insisting that isis fighters have not infiltrated the united states through the mexican border. jay johnson blasting california's republican congressman duncan hunter, who is publicly claiming that at least ten isis fighters have been stopped by border patrol agents and more are getting through. >> we're vigilant in looking out for individuals of suspicion that may be crossing our border and we have no specific intelli

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ambassador in iraq, panetta, and others -- >> we have a sound bite from panetta, and james jefe jeff jeffrey. jeffreys. >> i think we made the wrong decision in not providing assistance to the rebels. >> i think he's absolutely wrong. >> it's become the consensus, i know tony lincoln at the white house has argued to you the contrary. >> and we speak in the documentary to ben rhodes, the deputy national security advisor. we tried to get others in the administration, they seemed to be running from speaking to us. look, their position was that maliki was not a trustworthy partner. he made promises that he would you know begin to increase the participation of sunnis in his government. he would stop with the arbitrary arrests. people were languishing in jails for months without end if not years. and he also felt this was not an imminent threat so let them work it out. >> we kept hearing and they had intelligence reports about the rise of i.s.i.l. and we saw i.s.i.l. take over fallujah and rahmadi, and we heard that president obama called them a junior varsity team compared to al qaeda. >> they we

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jeffrey holder will not be heard again. the actor passed away at the age of 84 due to complications from pneumonia. while famous for his role in the jamesd film "live or let die," holder was most known for his deep voice and hearty laugh. >>> i was so nervous yesterday that i was shaking. my nerves were pulling. >> teresa giudice appeared on "watch what happens live" last night in her first post sentencing interview. it's been reported bravo paid the giudice's $325,000 to appear, but remember, teresa has to pay over $200,000 towards restitution when she turns herself over. >>> and carol burnett dropping by the "tonight show" last night to talk to jimmy fallon to discuss their careers. >> a lot of people say, when i was coming up on "saturday night live" we had a lot in common because they thought that we broke character a lot in sketches and started laughing. >> i never did. >> neither did i. >> no, i never did. >> no, i never would -- >> i watched you all the time. i was amazed at how you could keep it together. >> thank you so much. >> that's what i was thinking. >> carol burnett -- >> did you want to be carol burnett? >> absolutely.

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james rison's story, too. he's part of that story. part of that response. in 2006 he revealed a botched cia scheme to disrupt iran's nuclear program and now prosecuting the former cia agent, jeffreythat information to risen and whether risen could be forced to testify. the case went to the supreme court this june and risen lost and now the justice department has to decide whether it will subpoena risen as a witness and what to do if he refuses to cooperate, which is what he is saying he will do. no one knows what will happen here. attorney general eric holder told a group of journalists, "as long as i'm attorney general no reporter doing his job is going to go to jail. someone who is doing their job is not going to get prosecuted." but justice department officials also stress those comments were not about any particular case and were general in nature. risen's status is still very much in limbo. will he be called? will he be prosecuted and will he face jailtime? the case has become a major test of press freedom on the war on terror era. james risen joins us from washington. thank you for taking the time. i want to talk about your case at the end and i want to talk about the book.