. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm josh white i'm here in support of the application i live directly above cafe senate file if he and lived there ever since it's opened i found the employees and customers to be exceptionally polite and i've never had concerns about noise or concerns about route i didn't clients i have no reason to building that will change in the responsible owns of cafe senate file if he are granted the application i believe they've been an exceptional care and caution addition to the neighborhood they're the perfect neighborhood cafe and you know, i have a professional job here in san francisco and if i had the slightly concerns that my nilt would be disrupted by them serving wine and beer i'd be opposing the application. just a couple of quick points to respond to the speaker before me i think did notice was posted in a way that was clearly visible i walk by the cafe everyday i saw it everyday on on the issue of parking my prospective was created by the ike's customers i share that opinion that most customers tend to walk rather than drive to cafe senate file if h

okay, that press briefing we told you we were waiting for at the white house has begun with josh takinghe first question. remember, we were just talking about this before the commercial break, the two incidents at the white house where on one of them, one man made his way into the white house. this is what josh asked about and what he said. watch. >> let me say a couple of things. the secret service has indicated that they are conducting a review of the incident that occurred on friday night. that review will include a wide variety of things and for a comprehensive list, i would refer you to the secret service but it will include a variety of things, including the positioning of tactical and non tactical assets inside and outside of the fence line, it will include a review of technical or physical security enhancements that may be necessary to improve security at the white house. it will also include a question about ongoing staffing and an assessment about whether or not additional staffing is needed. there will be a review of policy and procedures related to the assessment of threats

white house spokesman josh ernst called for restraint. >> the white house calls for universal suffrage, and support the hong kong people. we believe an open society, governed by the rule of law is essential for hong kong stability and prosperity. >> afghanistan's government will sign an agreement with the u.s. to keep combat troops on the ground. the new president agreed to the deal after hamid karzai refused to support it. rosalind jordan reports. >>> with the inauguration of ashraf ghani as president, the people of afghanistan are getting more than a new leader. they are getting a military presence in 2015, something washington says will help make the afghan people safer. >> this one is afghanistan and the international community to maintain the partnership we have established to ensure that afghanistan maintains the gains of past decade. that is the plan. we look forward to having that signed. >> reporter: under the terms. bilateral security agreement, bsa, 9800 u.s. troops will train afghan forces and support them as they conduct patrols, gather intelligence and lead attacks. they'

. >> josh earnst, white house press secretary said today the president has complete confidence in the intelligence community. this after he threw them under the bus last night. >> that's the double speak. that's them coming in now. the white house mouth piece has to it try to clean this up. because, if the president was honest, if the obama administration was honest with the fact that they are playing politics not practicality on the ground. it goes to not keeping a residual force and understanding who isis is. when you come up and isis not islamic. are they men mennonites or amish? >> they have overtaken, overrun 60 kurdish villages and last week they overran an iraqi army base. >> how does the president miss this, a and catherine herridge is going to be with us in a second to explain some shocking information. how does the president miss this. actually throw his intelligence community under the bus? i think your seconds question has to do with his cycley. inability to accept responsibility. really. >> is that not being a leader? >> well, it's obvious he is not a leader. the first on

josh gibson. gibson is the greatest hitter in the negro baseball league. whitescall him josh gibson, the black babe ruth. black folks say, no, babe ruth is the white josh gibson. there was a game in forbes field, pittsburgh, who was playing for the home state grays against the chicago american giants. they were doing a series. he hit a home run. center field home run that when it cleared center field, it was still going up. and up. and people watched it fade away out in the distance. they foregood to even applaud as he's going around the bases. they're asking themselves what planet is this guy from? as the story goes, three days later they were finishing up the series in chicago. this time -- both teams were on the field, you know, doing some exercises. one of the chicago american giants players heard a fan yell out, there's a ball coming. he looked up. a ball was falling. he caught the ball. what was going on? there was an umpire standing next to him. he's looking. they're looking at each other. what? and the umpire looks around and he sees gosh gibson over ther

bill: white house press secretary josh earnest is on deck. he will be our guest live.usting a move on the side of a building. the story behind this amazing display of aerial supremacy. what's really going on there. martha: a third wave of air strikes against isis in syria. u.s. and arab warplanes going after the groups money-making machines. welcome, everybody, a brand-new hour starts now of "america's newsroom." bill: another round of airstrikes as the president pushes world leaders to join the fight against extremism. the administration repeatedly warning it will take more than u.s. military might to take out this group of terrorists. general kirby ... >> this isn't something we are going to fix in a couple of nights of airstrikes. this is going to take a while. the ultimate answer and we have been clear about that from the pentagon is good governance and that takes time. bill: ed henry, the president is working for more diplomacy. what is he doing? >> reporter: i think about the contrast of a nobel peace prize winner going before the u.n. to say i need your help to

taking on the white sox. josh donaldson doing some things. top five, over adam eaton's head.hat will drive in two. donaldson, that was his second hit of the game. his third hit of the game, top of the seventh. top of the eighth. another base hit. struck out four times monday. said he changed the position of his hands. during his at-bats. on tuesday, it paid off. five for six with four rbis. first career four-hit game. the a's needed a win. >> joe panik for the giants also had five hits. you like apples? how about them apples? >>> back to you. >> of a different sort. but apples nonetheless. >>> possibly the best odd couple pairing ever to show you now. it happened yesterday north of the border. >> there they are. toronto mayor rob ford and mike tyson. they talked to reporters after a brief closed-door meeting. >> they complimented each other. tyson called ford the best mayor in toronto history. >> that's an interesting photo op. >> put your own caption there. >>> up next in "the pulse," without warning and free. u2 shakes up the music industry with its latest release. >>> plus

>> [no audio] the white house spokesman josh was at the podium already. he was not able to say a great deal. the state apartment spokesman was -- the state department spokesman said a little bit more. she said if it were a genuine video, the u.s. would he sickened by this terrorist act. she also confirmed that a few more american hostages are thought to be held by the islamic state, but she would not give a number on that. and we are hearing also from the lawyer and the sotloff family that they are aware of the video, and at present, greeting. >> is this like -- grieving. >> is this likely to increase pressure on obama to step up action against islamic terrorists in syria and iraqi? >> the killing of james foley did already start the process of ratcheting up the pressure. the state department was asked at the briefing whether the islamic state was now at war with united states. the executive spokeswoman said -- would not be drawn on that, but did say this was a terrorist act. it was the same language they used about james foley. that opens the door, of co

the first is we want to -- >> you've been listening to josh earnest at the white house briefing most recently there on immigration. the president will delay taking executive action on immigration until after the midterms. he's caught a lot of heat for that and we'll talk about immigration momentarily. i'm brooke baldwin on this monday afternoon. a lot to talk about including that back and forth with the white house press corps and josh earnest talking about isis and looking ahead to the president laying out strategy ahead and fighting isis and taking the fight to isis in iraq and potentially syria as well. josh earnest said if, this is if, they expand the scope of operations into syria, when and if the president decides what role congress should play so that goes to the issue of authorization from congress. but keep in mind two weeks ago president obama raised questions about his resolve when he told the world he did not have a strategy when it came to wiping out this growing terror organization not just inside syria but in iraq. so now we know that the president of the united states

here's the response from josh ernest, the white house press secretary yesterday.d states is at war with the isil in the same way that we are at war with al qaeda and al qaeda affiliates all around the globe. >> okay. so we're at war. >> now we are at war. >> on thursday we weren't because if you ask secretary of state john kerry if we are at war, he said no, that's a bridge so far. then ambassador susan rice also on thursday, huh-uh, we are not at war. mixed messages? you be the judge. >> is the united states at war with isis? it sure sounds from the president's speech that we're. >> i think that's the wrong terminology. what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counter terrorism operation. >> i don't know whether you want to call it a war or sustained counsel terrorism campaign. i think frankly this is a counter terrorism operation that will take time. it will be sustained. we will not have american combat forces on the ground fighting as we did in iraq and afghanistan, which is what i think the american people think of when they think of a war. >> so m

what's interesting about what josh earnest, the white house spokesman sa spokesman, said a short time ago is that number that continues to fight and others returning home just making this point that some fighters have already made the journey home or attempted to make the journey home. as you know, this is the real concern of the administration that what happens when these foreign fighters, americans, europeans from countries that do not need a visa to travel to the u.s., what happens when they return home to the u.s.? are they encouraged or energized? are they trained or ordered to carry out attacks and violence here in the u.s. as they have done in syria? >> let's talk more about that. isis is calling for attacks on the u.s. and coalition countries and news regarding potential international response to these threats. what is it? >> reporter: this is a big focus of what president obama wants to accomplish at the u.n. general assembly in new york this week that starts tomorrow. he'll address the general assembly on wednesday. two big parts of the administration strategy here. one is t

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there's josh hypeel, play caller in the white shirt. great player when he was at ou, wasn't he. >> gus: talk he could be going to smu. >> charles: he's a life long football guy. son of a coach. groomed in the game. runner-up to the heisman when they won the national championship in 2000. >> gus: bob stoops came into this game one win away from becoming the first coach to register 100 regular season big 12 victories. a tremendous coach. first down and ten. >> gus: perine. first down. two freshmen, grounding and pounding the west virginia defense. this offensive line, terrific job. >> charles: look at the left side. watch what happens coming to the left. there's thompson number 71. then durron neal out to the perimeter. the wide receiver trying to get involved. >> gus: 21-yard gain. first down. trevor taking his time. >> charles: they're starting to milk it now. they don't want to snap it until they're under five seconds on the play clock. >> gus: perine. outside. another first down. he has now gone over 2,000 yards rushing, 209, and thre

there's josh hypeel, play caller in the white shirt. great player when he was at ou, wasn't he. >> gus: talk he could be going to smu. >> charles: he's a life long football guy. son of a coach. groomed in the game. runner-up to the heisman when they won the national championship in 2000. >> gus: bob stoops came into this game one win away from becoming the first coach to register 100 regular season big 12 victories. a tremendous coach. first down and ten. >> gus: perine. first down. two freshmen, grounding and pounding the west virginia defense. this offensive line, terrific job. >> charles: look at the left side. watch what happens coming to the left. there's thompson number 71. then durron neal out to the perimeter. the wide receiver trying to get involved. >> gus: 21-yard gain. first down. trevor taking his time. >> charles: they're starting to milk it now. they don't want to snap it until they're under five seconds on the play clock. >> gus: perine. outside. another first down. he has now gone over 2,000 yards rushing, 209, and thre

even white house spokesman josh ernest said they may be on the front lines. you and i have both been embedded with troops and when you see combat you know regardless of what your role is even if you're not setting up a firing position, you're in combat. >> right. >> you're in combat and shots are being fired and you're facing risk and whether or not that's the president's promise, that's for other people to decide whether that violates the spirit, but that will be the administration's explanation. >> admiral, let me ask you, a point asked by senator flake is the united states backing down from its pledge. last year the red line to go after assad if he used chemical weapons against his own people that that has affected, hurt the united states government's ability to form alliances for this mission. you're somebody who used to depend for your job on such alliances as nato supreme allied commander. do you think that is accurate? >> no, i don't. my view would be the vast majority of nations that would be willing to be in a coalition with us applauded when we it d

. >> there he is, josh earnest, the white house press secretary making an important statement.m schiff, the congressman from california, still with us. he was listening as all of us were listening. i want to get your reaction not only as a member hoff congress but as a member of the intelligence committee, congressman. what did you think? >> i think they're still trying to take the temperature of the congressional leadership. does the leadership want this taken up in congress, can they produce the votes? my guess is the president would like nothing mar than to have the president ratify in an authorization his ability to use force in these circumstances. but until he gets a sense of that's really doable, he doesn't want to completely rely on that. he's not going to want to take the position that that's fully necessary. at the same time from my own point of view, it is a constitutional necessity and i hope we take it up. >> what about a simple congressional resolution of approval, if you will, for what the strategy is without going into all the specifics. it's not necessarily a f

joining us here, white house press secretary josh ernest. khorasan who? is that the immediate threat to america? a new enemy? and why haven't we heard of them before? >>> and show of force, the pentagon counters the propaganda machine with its own display of military might. but is shock and awe behind the times? ahead, are we losing the social media war? >>> where president obama clearly stated his intentions to take the fight to isis without putting u.s. ground troops into the fight telling allies and adversaries that they are the key to constructive change. >> ultimately, the task of rejecting sectarianism and rejecting extremism is a generational task. and a task for the people of the middle east themselves. no external power can bring about a transformation of hearts and minds. but america will be a respectful and constructive partner. >> chuck todd is nbc news political director and the moderator of "meet the press." of course, chuck, this was so different from a year ago. >> it certainly was. dramatically so, a year ago it was right after he made th

. >> white house press secretary josh ernest said the u.s. government supports the protesters' objectives. >> we have been very consistent in voicing our support to the people's republic of china for universal suffrage and for the aspirations of the hong kong people and we're going to continue to do so. >> he indicated that the issue will be on the agenda at a u.s./china summit meeting in november. >>> pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine says they have found 400 bodies buried in mass graves. the separatists say the graves are in areas that were once controlled by ukrainian government forces. a separatist leader in the city of donetsk told russian media that about 350 of the bodies are those of civilians. he suggested they may have been killed by government troops. the pro-russians will ask the -- organization for security and cooperation in europe to investigate. osce monitors have visited locations where separatists last week reported finding a number of bodies, including civilians. the separatists said the bodies were outside donetsk

. >> white house press secretary josh ernest said the u.s. government supports the protesters' objectives. >> we have been very consistent in voicing our support to the people's republic of china for universal suffrage and for the aspirations of the hong kong people and we're going to continue to do so. >> he indicated that the issue will be on the agenda at a u.s./china summit meeting in november. >>> syrian's foreign minister has suggested his government supports u.s.-led air raids against militants in syria. he says a military campaign is necessary to combat international terrorism. walid al moallem addressed members of the u.n. general assembly. >> translator: fighting terrorism is achievable through implementation of u.n. resolutions and certainly possible using military strikes. >> but moallem said the attacks must be carried out while respecting syrian sovereignty and international conventions. a u.s.-led coalition force is conducting air strikes against bases belonging to the militant state militant group. they began last monday witho

. >> each though that is what they agreed to - let's listen to josh ernst at the white house and what he had to say. >> the united states reports universal coverage, and supports the aspirations of the hong kong people. >> the basic law would allow for a level of democracy and the people electing officials by themselves. it's a thing called one country, two systems. completely fantasy, really. >> it is fantasy. the beijing authorities called tibet autonomous, saying the same thing about shin jong. where the uyghurs are. you have the brutal policies. china is tough on internal dissidents. their mind-set is 1989 they stopped democracy across the country. they spilt blood, but taught the chinese people a lesson, and foreign countries didn't do anything about it. >> do you think this was inevitable. hong kong was a financial center, it had freedoms for decades before the chinese took over, and then you tried to meld that with a system where there is no freedom. it's like a - it's too irresistible. you can't possibly make those two positions work. >> yes, it was irreconcilable and had to h

on monday the white house press briefer josh earnest gave a briefing. i had the opportunity oask why the free syrian army and why now? >> we have been supporting them for more than a year at least. separately, the concern that was expressed by the administration at the time, and has been -- is something that's been oft repeated is a concern that we didn't want to provide assistance to every individual who said that they were fighting bashar al-assad. >> there's been an ongoing concern from the administration that arming the vetted rebels within syria is not a good idea simply because many of those arms end up in the hands of the bad guys. the administration has even blocked arms transfers from third parties, like saudi missiles, they wanted to send to the opposition. this question will the president consult congress before he expands operations in syria, it is clear the president thinks he has the authorization he needs. while he'll be consulting congress, it appears now there will be no further votes in congress to authorizes an expansion of military a

even the president weighed in today. >> yeah, the white house spokesman josh earnest was ask the by edring the press briefing today, talking about isis, all about immigration and thençy ed henry posed this question about the ray rice suspension to josh earnest. listen. >> this administration, this president, do believe strongly that the discourage of violence against women is something that needs to be aggressively combated. and i don't want to comment on the individual decisions made by in this case an individual nfl team but you have seen the president and the vice-president make very forceful public comments, in talking about how important it is for men, in particular, to step up and step forward, and make clear that violence against women is something that is not and cannot be tolerated. >> and you talk about forceful comments, john. i just want to read you this, this' this ills from the cocaptain of the denver broncos, tweeting, that man, ray rice, should be thrown out of the nfl and thrown into jail. shame on those deciding his punishment. i should also note that as far as legal

. >> hours later, white house press secretary josh earnest said the policy has not changed and that general was referring to a, quote, hypothetical scenario. the pentagon says dempsey's comments, quote, speak for themselves. nbc news has learned obama and other officials are making a series of calls to lawmakers about the plan to arm syrian rebels. party leaders are optimistic but many are undecided including a large number of democratic lawmakers including democratic senator joe manchin. >> the only thing that i know that we're short of is that training and those weapons will probably be used against us at some time in the future. if everything that's happened in the past. we took out saddam. we thought that would change. iraq's in worse shape. we take out gadhafi. we thought that would change. it got to bad in libya, we've had to pull out our people. i'm not supporting assad, i think he should be gone. but as long as he's able to remain there, he's fighting the same people that we're asking people to train to fight that we're going to spend $500 million. it makes no sense to me and i can'

host: white house press secretary josh earnest was asked several questions yesterday about what the whitese is looking for from congress. here's a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] >> i would say that the level of consultation that this administration has demonstrated a commitment to indicates our genuine interest in a dialogue with members of congress about our policy in iraq and syria. and our policy, more broadly, for confronting isil. ist is, i think that evidenced by the fact that we are having continuous conversations. some of the conversations have occurred before the president has made important decisions. there has been a regular consultation from the department of defense and the department of state. other senior members of the president's team at the white house. there's been intense of consultation. that is evidence of our genuine congressin members of partnering with this administration as we develop a policy to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. and to protect american citizens in iraq. host: you spend a long time at the pentagon. if you are part of the effort to dev

white house press secretary josh earnest will be our guest.rmer, cher, sued by her own backup dancers? we'll explain that. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, are military officials already breaking from president obama's isis plan? we'll ask the press secretary about the apparent rift. >> it's pretty extraordinary. >> yes, incredible. plus, new troubling details about nfl running back jonathan dwyer's domestic violence charges, and how the public is responding to the nfl scandal as a whole. >> it may not be what you think. >> the mayor of baltimore will be our guest. all that and more when "morning joe" returns. before the names "theodore," "eleanor," and "franklin" were indelibly etched into the american consciousness. and the course of human history was forever changed by their individual endeavors. a prominent family made a point of teaching the value of altruism, the power of perseverance, and the virtue of helping out one's fellow man. we've always been on the forefront of innovation.

speaking at the white house, josh earnest said the u.s. is at war with isil. way that we are at war with al qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, we are at war with isil. i am not just talking about the united states but this broader coalition including allies around the world who are united in confronting this threat. >> president obama has already asserted he does not eat congressional approval to expand airstrikes into syria. on friday, the administration said it derives legal authority from the war on isil both from the 2001 terror resolution and the 2002 vote authorizing the iraq war. the claimhouse made despite president obama's previous call for appealing the war authorization measure. the news comes as video was posted online showing a member of the islamic state beheading ricocheted worker david haines. he is the third western hostage to be beheaded by the militants in less than a month. in the video, the islamic date issued death threats against another british captive, getty photographer alan henning. the obama administration has tripled its es

today, white house press secretary josh earnest doubled down. >> well, the president has ruled out the option of deploying american boots on the ground in iraq and in syria in a combat role. the president-- >> reporter: for good and all, forever. >> the commander in chief has ruled that out, but-- >> reporter: never happen. >> what we will need-- that's correct. c reporter: a parade of generals isn't convinced. chairman of the joint chiefs martin dempsey. >> if we reach the point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops against specific isil targets, i'll recommend that to the president. >> reporter: retired general james mattis: >> i think it will be more it difficult if the americans declare, "we won't do it." ulu have to wonder why the most powerful nation, as you pointed out, won't put boots on the ground. >> reporter: today raymond odierno added his points: this is not the first time there has been a public divide 20 white house and the pentagon. in fact, scott, there was even greater tension in 2009 over the decision to send additional troops to afghanistan. >> p

or setting up fire officials but they have brought up other roles, including dempsey and josh earnest from the white house podium which are combat. if you are a forward ground controller, you are not a fighter, but you are in combat and face danger e. if you are an advisor, you may not take up fighting but you are in danger of combat and that is a risk frankly the administration has not been clear about. >> but, jim, i want to ask you one question about the british hostage now under duress, obviously making a statement, saying that the united states and the united kingdom have left him, have let him go. we're not going to play that because it was made under duress. but that is what he said. what can you tell us about this hostage. >> erin, this is a different video, so different from sotloff and foley. he is a british man captured around the same time foley was, and in an orange jump suit and speaking as a spokesperson for isis and giving the isis creed, granting as he's doing it. i'm under duress, i don't know any will live or die but he still makes the argument, saying, for instance, don't let you

ed henry from the white house. >> what josh earnest said today at the daily briefing, retired generaln allen is at the state department, trying to coordinate this with -- what are the needs for the u.s. and its allies and what are the specific commitments arab nations nationd but secretary of state john kerry in paris today, not getting major commit. inside terms of helping with u.s. air strikes in syria. josh earnest plead ford patience, saying when the president goes new york city next week for the u.n. general assembly meetings he may be able to line up more allies. i pressed him on why, after the president's speech last week, they haven't gotten those commitments. >> didn't the president lay out a squall to -- call to the action? i didn't think he said, let's have some conversation. five days has passed. but isis, the threat is there. the president himself laid out the stakes last wednesday night. so, is this not a failure for secretary kerry to not get this coalition together? >> based on the very strong statements we're seeing from public officials representing these other gover

white house spokesperson josh earnest said it wouldn't interfere with modi's trip cause of diplomatic immunity. >> sitting heads of government enjoy immunity and personal in viability while in the u.s. means they cannot be persecuted or delivered papers to begin the process of a lawsuit. in addition, as a matter of treaty current heads of delegations to the you in general simply enjoy immunity while in new york to attend you in advance. i don't anticipate it will have any impact on is very important visit here to the u.s. in the white house. odi addressed thousands of concert goers at the global citizen concert in central park on saturday night. cuba has to announce the obama administration for extending the more than 50 euros bar go. extended these trade and barter for another year. the cuban foreign minister said u.s. restrictions on cuba have worsened under president obama. >> the state department has again included cuba and its unilateral an arbitrary list of states that sponsor international terrorism. increase the persecution about international financial transactions in the who

what's interesting is the white house with josh ernest, and one of the newest bits of information is he said that the pentagon has now given the president specific targets inside syria to launch air strikes, and as the president indicated last night, he is planning to do those air strikes and move forward with them, but they're just waiting for the appropriate time. they're certainly not going to signal exactly the enemy. here's ernest. >> the strategy has broadened and will include a more systematic set of air strikes. >> i can tell you that the president -- >> some new information there. we've learned from our own jennifer griffin at the pentagon that officials there are suggesting there's about a 30-day window. we should expecting oh the next few weeks this u.s. air strike will begin. >> ed, republicans seem to think that the president made a mistake for taking combat troops off the table. at least some republicans, right? >> oh, no doubt about it. speaker john boehner really came out swinging before the white house briefing saying he is supportive of some elements in the presiden

like josh said, unless he's shower the mission would be effective and allies at home and abroad supported it. mike viqueira is at the white house. you just heard what josh had to say about this. it's unclear. what does politically how do you get tougher? >> it's unclear when it comes it syria. they're still formulating the policy. what we do know is it's going to be predicated on many arab states including sunni governments to get involved monetarilily and other means, to get behind this effort now. as far as what is happening in iraq and the airstrikes that continue against islamic state group forces by u.s. air assets, look, the obama administration has made some choices here. they put in, you talk about the 350 additional diplomatic security. that brings a total of 820 people with that military personnel. many have helped evacuate americans. instead of doing that the administration decided to go forward with these airstrikes to assist the iraqi army and security forces as well as the peshmerga in pushing back the islamic state group forces, an effort as josh reported is meeting with some success. now into that vacuum,

we have josh earnst at the white house and department of defense willing to use the word.s going on? i'm confused? total semantics, eric. the truth of the matter is we are having a limited military strike in the northern syria and northern iraq. and that basically is what it boils down to here. we could all agree it's the right thing for us to do. and the fact that we're arguing over the word war is just mind numbing to me. >> why wouldn't they use it? john kerry has asked three or four times are we at war? and he kept saying oh, counter terror. are are we at war? when you see beheaded americans on a video, i think that would be considered act of war against americans. if we are frankly sending over hundreds of sorties bombing isis that's not war? tell that to the people getting bombed. >> eric, listen, the other day the last time real war was it 1942 during world war ii. thatss watt -- was the last time we declared war. >> you are touching on something that's important here. the reason -- let me thr/w÷x in penny here. the reason they don't use the word war they have to ha

josh earnest. thank you for joining me an incredibly busy day and week for the white house. >> thank you for having> let's start with the senior official at d.o.d. saying it's hard now and will get much harder. how is the american public going to have confidence that the troops will clear out iraqi cities when american forces failed at that? >> what we're talking about is iraqi security forces fighting for their own country. we can't be in a position where we send american ground troops back into iraq in a combat role to try to take care of the security environment on behalf of the iraqi people. we're not going to be in a position to do that. what we need is the iraqis to fight for their own country. that's why it was important for the central government to be formed to integrate the security forces in a way that every member of the security force could go out there and faithfully fight for their entire country. now that will improve the will of the fighters. what we also need to do is to improve their capability. we're going to ramp up training and assistance. and we're also going to back the figh

where it's gender based but there was a starkly different relationship with tim caine and the white house and joshj and the rnc chairman. >> the staffers are so willing to go to -- >> people in the white house -- >> it's also an ex-first date. >> hang on, let me get newt to explain the whole thing to us. >> first of all, it's fair to say reince priebus in august raised 40% more than debbie wasserman schultz did. there's a certain amount of money different but a couple big things here. one, she, you know, nobody in the white house staff can say, gee, our syria policy is not working our iraq policy is not working, our ukraine policy is not working, our health care policy is not working, our economy policy is not working. we're in trouble, there must be a scapegoat. she's a pretty good scapegoat. she could leave with one phone call. she serves at the president's approval. now here's a president who has red lines you can't meet in syria, red lines you can't meet in iraq, red lines you can't meet in ukraine. you apparently can't meet a red line with his own dnc chair. if he's unhappy -- >> how would it

white house spokesman josh ernst said it should happen soon, before congress heads home to campaign. >> the president needs the authority as soon as possible. in order to direct the united states military to ramp up the existence. and that is important now because of the response he had gotten from countries in the region. partners who are ready to support the effort. despite urging from the white house, congress does not plan to take a vote. reaction on criminal is mixed, some saying air strikes will not be enough. others voicing concerns that the arms for syrian rebels could get into the wrong hands. despite reservations, members of the house and senate team is supporting the president's plan, which is a big deal for the white house. as they push their message, the secretary of state is bringing that same message from overseas. he's been in jeddah trying to sum up support. the state department says after secretary of state john kerry leaves saudi arabia, he'll head to turkey and egypt and paris, where france is hosting an international summit on what to do with iraq. >> new numbers

white house and pentagon. you heard kerry, the pentagon and josh on friday under score that inasmuch as we have been at war with al qaeda, we are at war are isis. >> the democrats in general, you don't like to refer to these -- to this attack on al qaeda as a war. you didn't like the phrase war on terror. is that what this is about? >> well, no, chuck. you're confusing our position with a againization. this effort against isil we will undertake with a broad coalition. it's not like the war in iraq. but rather this is something that is targeted and it's a war we have to win. >> we have polling that we're just releasing this more than. 62% of the country supports what the president wants to do. 68% don't believe it will work. why do you think that the public is supportive but skeptical that this will work? >> this is obviously a complicated effort. that's why the president is going about this in a very painstaking and very prudent fashion. that's why the secretary of state is now just continuing his efforts to travel throughout the region to get others to join us in this effort. and that's what we're going to do.

now this from white house press secretary josh earnest. >> it is hard for me to at least at this point draw any clear conclusions of what the president's timing will be. as a chance it could be before the end of the summer, a chance it could be after summer. the fact the president will act is something that he is doing as a result of congress failure to act and more precise about it house republicans assistant to prevent common sense bipartisan action that will actually be in the best interest. >> here is the present spokesperson saying he can't draw any conclusions, he sounds like from the soviet era chronology is within the trying to explain why he doesn't understand. this is bizarre. not only is the national liberal media moving to this affection with this president and his lack of policies and strategies but within the white house they can't even discern the meaning, the direction or the thoughts of their chief executive. >> do you think there will? he cannot resist himself it seems. >> what else has he done? when he came out in the tan suit, and i said this on my broadcast, i said