when the arab spring began, king abdullah invested $130 billion in buying off the saudi population. that's a lot of money even for saudis. that tells me that he and the other royals were worried it could happen to him and they responded in the best way they could, make sure everyone's got everything they want, try to buy everybody off. i think it worries them a lot. i think it's one of the reasons they supported the military coup in egypt. they were the first literally in minutes to endorse the i.s.i. -- >> charlie: and the egyptian government is less dependent on the united states? >> yes. >> charlie: a point they make every chance they have. >> i think the vawdies were scared to death. i think they feel a little but not a whole lot more comfortable. the middle east that surrounds them must look very dangerous. the irani enemy, i.s.i.s., saudi, syria and iraq, which are islamic extremists but not the pro saudi islamic extremists. the guy want to be the pro kalif. >> charlie: he wants to be the king of all islam. >> if you're sitting in the royal palace in riyadh, it's pretty danger

>> i think king abdullah has a lot of respect and it is bipartisan respect. you know, -- >> rose: which is interesting because of in this fellow, the legendary, you know, lion of jordan. >> right. i mean talk about big shoes to fill. >> rose: exactly. that's my point. they said oh he is no king hussein, but he has the admiration of people. >> when his father died in 1999 i went to the funeral, and we talked with king abdullah, president clinton and his team talked with king abdullah and looked like a scared young man, inheriting a lot of trouble, with many, many enemies, he hadn't expected this, remember his father only changed the line of succession. >> rose: in the last week or so. >> in the last week or so i think in looking back on it, 15 years later, his performance has been very, very impressive. >> rose: and u.s. is vitally interested in him maintaining power. >> absolutely. >> rose: now, i was in -- as you may know. >> right. i saw your interview. >> rose: what do you think of cha lead. >> khaled is a very determined man. >> rose: only because of king

and it will be interesting to see when king abdullah dies, if his more moderate policies remain in effect in the kingdom. if there accelerated in any way or if there is an attempt by the conservatives to claw back the little bits of progress that have been made on openness, opportunity for women. i think given that the saudis are the highest per capita users of twitter and of youtube, of any country in the world, not the greatest number but the highest per capita, so 32% of saudis are tweeting. so there is a level of knowledge and information among saudis about what's going on in the world that never existed, you know, when i first started going in the '70s or in the '80s. in the '90s for the war with saddam, they got satellite tv, so there was a bit more. but now everyone has a good idea what goes on in the rest of the world. not just in the u.s., but in the rest of the arab world. so they, that has bred some compared he unhappiness -- comparative unhappiness among young, more liberal saudis and a great deal of comparative unhappiness among more conservative people of why are we tolerati

after king abdullah. role of the revolutionary ghrd 1988, 1989, when president bush invited iran for goodwill against goodwill. fortoc iran to facilitate the release of western hostages, american, european hostages, although i have explained in my book, and another friend and foreign ministry, we were mandated by the president and foreign minister to manage this deal, and we did it, but very frankly speaking with you, we couldn't make a deal without the revolutionary guard. it was theoí revolutionary guar who facilitated the release of hostages in lebanon. in 2001, war on terror, when again the u.s. invited iran to cooperate. it was impossible without the revolutionary guard cooperation to bring iran and the u.s. to cooperate to fight taliban in afghanistan. it was the revolutionary guard. therefore, it depends how you deal with them. if you are nice, they will be constructive. then they would revolt. they have extensive power and organization. they are extremely powerful and they know how to react. iran

but i have met with king abdullah at the time that he was not king, but he was there deputy crown prince, so he was third in line and i've met the current crown prince and i met the two that abdullah had been there are a lot of princes and a lot of divergence in the family and one thing that i tried to do his work with these grandsons of the founders and people that are 40 and 50 and 60 who are just very different. a businessman and religious prints, a man who runs the tourism industry that the americans sent up in space in 1984 and the saudi ambassador to the u.s. and great britain and he went to school in lawrenceville and georgetown and they are all quite different so the family can cover a wide spectrum and their people were very conservative, there are princes that are very conservative, there those that are more liberal, there are those who exist in the family as well. >> host: how firm is their control? >> guest: i write in the book that it's very hard to see how they lose control because they do not, unlike the old soviet union, they don't rule in a totalitarian manner. and they

israel is very aware of that but so is king abdullah. people in riyadh, saudi arabia are nervous just because, you do the social media inventory, you find out there are a lot of people in downtown riyadh that don't like the king, don't like his 1,000 princes and situation they face. we have, a turmoil that is beginning to really stir in that part of the world, unlike what we've seen up to now. it is pretty bad at this point. ashley: have we underestimated the, the power of isis? we looked at them as radicals but are they perhaps more well-organized than we first realized? are they a threat that can continue to grow i guess is my question? >> yes they can. keep in mind half of them are foreigners to that area. those in iraq, have come from elsewhere. they have come from libya. they have come as far west as algeria. they have come from afghanistan. from the caucasus. they are collecting there. there is energy behind an organization that send out a message that, we're going to take over the world. and get a certain percentage of people that

. >>> well, tensions between israel and gaza not letting up, and now the saudi king abdullah is speaking calling israel's actions quote war crimes against humanity, and gary b, you are saying that it is a crime to keep sending it, and it is a crime for oil. what do you think about this. >> he called it state-sponsored terrorism by israel, and it drives me insane. saudi arabia is supposed to be a friend of ours and we get about 4% of the oil from them, and i propose that, and i propose that they keep their oil and we can live without their oil, and they can live without the revenue and the profits that we send to them. and make a stand as to who our friends are and certainly in this case, it is not saudi arabia. >> and john mayfield, i am not going to steal your lead, because i know what you are going to say, go. >> we are the only developed country in the world with a national energy plan and there are no grown-ups at home in d.c. and what gary b is saying is correct. if you want to know where to get the oil, get it from canada and they are producing it and selling it on the asian market

>> yes, first off if thousands of rockets were landing in riyadh king abdullah would have something different but right now, we are not relying on them, and we are still getting too much, but going to right way, and at a point in time, we have to know who the friends are, and enemies, take a flying leap. >> and maybe we should send that to thm and wake them up. and thank you, jessica for joining us. >>> before we move on. eric, i hear that you have something coming up. what is going on? >> well, the mayor rahm is dropping a bomb in chicago. and now the mayor of chi-town is threatening the illegals and why all mayors of every city should listen up. >>> and celebrities are in trouble for running their mouths over the israel and pal stastin war. >>> and it should be fun. up here first, a stock shock. companies fail as america fails to make a debt payment, and time to run for the doors or time to buy more stocks? ♪ now's the time for big savings on the gear you need at the bass pro shops' fall hunting classic. and check out the full line of tracker boats - award winning customer satisfaction... b

why would king abdullah be saying this? >> sure. i think king abdullah is right on point. had met with king abdullah in the past. he has struck a similar tone. he is someone who has always been very supportive of diplomacy and bringing parties together. just as president obama said to me and the group i was with last night, this is an opportunity for groups with divergent backgrounds to come together. this time, put the differences aside. work together to confront this violence extremism. and try to create a more stable iraq, a more stable middle east, if you will. >> all right. rhode island democratic representative, thank you for your time. >>> two passenger incidents aboard airliners this week. how are airlines cramming more people on to the planes? well, that's next. nobody ever stomped their foot and asked for less. there's a reason it's called an "all you can eat" buffet... and not a "have just a little" buffet. because what we all really want is more. that's why verizon is giving you even more. now, for a limited time, get more data! 1 gb of bonus data every month w

we know about the phone call with king abdullah. is he in contact with other leaders trying to get allies to join this campaign? >> i'm not in a position to read out any other additional presidential phone calls right now. if the president places additional phone calls we can read out, we'll try to do that in a timely fashion. the president has met with members of his national security team to get an overnight update about this situation in iraq. he was, of course, as you would expect, briefed on the military strike that was carried out this morning east coast time. and the president will stay in close touch with his national security team over the course of the day so that he can be updated as necessary. okay. mark? >> thanks, josh. as we've seen the isis or isil make gains in recent weeks, the united states has sent military advisers and the president last night took the action that he took. you and he have said there's no military solution to this, and that the united states should not get dragged into a war. what is to stop that

the first air strikes today and the president just now calling king abdullah of jordan, next door to iraq, as the u.s. drops two 500-pound bombs against isis artillery just outside erbil. and the u.s. has dropped another round of food and water to the thousands of refugees trapped on the mountain cornered by isis militants dieing of thirst and hunger. now three years after the withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq, is today's warning shot only the beginning? >> one iraqi in the area cried to the world, there is no one coming to help. well, today america is coming to help. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchel in washington. where president obama and his national security team are now in crisis mode. tracking developments in iraq after the u.s. launched its first air strikes this morning against isis. what we are apparently warning shots against an isis artillery piece outside erbil. it could be the first stage in a wider air operation. joining me with the latest, nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. mik, this was not a big strike today but it was sending a signal to isis.

meanwhile king abdullah of the saudi arabia says if they warn isis, they will quote reach europe in a month and america in a another month. >> that is definitely chilling and frightening. meanwhile republican senators are saying the president really does need to lay out a plan that would defeat isis. what are they saying. >> republican senator mccann and gray called it startling and dangerous. and also said quote the president clearly wants to move deliberately and consult with ally about what to do about isis. no one disputes that but the threat only grows over time. it cannot be contained and must be confronted. this requires a comprehensive strategy, presidential leadership a far greater sense of urgency. senators graham and mccain say if changes course and adopts a strategic approach to defeat isis, then quote, he deserved bipartisan support. eric. >> thanks for latest. >>> well dozens of u.n. peace keepers rescued in the go lan heist this after syrian rebels surrounded the peace keepers for days. they are stressing the incident highlights the risk of being drawn further into the

no one knows what will happen after king abdullah.everal -- in 1988 and an element 1989 and an unborn when president bush invited iran for good well for a run to facilitate the release of western hostages, american hostages. although i have explained in my book, another friend and foreign ministry, were invited to manage this steelman. and we did it. but very frankly we could not make a deal. it was the revolutionary guard facilitating the release of hostages. in 2001 the war on terror when, again, the u.s. invited iran to cooperate. it was impossible without the revolutionary guard corporation and to bring iran and the u.s. to cooperate to fight in afghanistan. it was the revolutionary guard. and so it depends how you deal with it. if you are nice, they will be constrained. [laughter] been there would result. they have a sense of power and organization. there are extremely powerful and know how to react. iranian regional objectives, i have explained in my book one store in. it was my mission to germany when i met foreign minister gen

when sisi took over and king abdullah called him, i do not think that was prearranged.do not think it was, hey, i am watching cnn, let me call you up. it was partially made in saudi arabia. ♪ >> khalid mashal. >> only because of king hussein is he living today. >> that was in the 1990's. i was working for president clinton when the phone call came in from king hussein saying i need your help right away. israelis have done something in my capital city which is inexcusable. they have tried to kill a guest inside my country. let me call up bebe, and he said, we did it because the team that carried it out were captured by jordanians and he agreed to send over the serum. >> is that because king hussein called bebe or he knew the israelis will? or because president clinton called bebe and said, get the serum over there? >> clinton's call was critical. bebe was in a way out place. >> he had reached too far. >> and he fired the head of the mossad who had carried out this operation. >> what about him, what does hamas want? >> hamas wants to survive in gaza and wants to come out

spoke to a number of leaders, including king abdullah of jordan, iraq's neighbor. a couple of months ago the president put iraq's prime minister on notice and said the growing terror threat was iraq's problem to solve. so we'll show you over here on the wall how everything changed. the islamic state fighters spread out rapidly from syria. they seized town after town in western iraq. we have updated this map here with a nod to those who had given us the information in the first place, and we appreciate their attention to detail0. to show you this area in iraq which has been overtaken by these fighters. you see baghdad is here. now moved in and taken mosul. you see erbil over there. we watched as the crept closer to baghdad. the big fear they could take control of the capital. instead the islamic state pulled a fakeout. the blitzed the north in iraq's kurdish region and claim to have taken over 17 towns and targets in five days, chased out christians and other minorities, people who they call infidels. how do they do that? you heard about the peshmerga, the kurdish t

ally king abdullah of jordan. we haven't been provided context what the call was about. arn a lot more not only about the call to the king of jordan but the strike this morning that hit various components of isis. there's a white house briefing about 12:30 about an hour from now we'll get more information. the story is developing, betty, there's a lot of congressional resanction now from capitol hill starting to trickle out. house speaker john boehner saying he was supportive of the president's movement to launch the air strikes. he would like to see part of a large scale strategy what the idea is moving forward. a lot of congressional republicans feel this sort of movement by isis against these religious minorities was preventable. the administration should have done more. that is sort of the territory the administration has been facing in the incoming weeks. they get support from congress but they're congress wants more of a concrete plan. those are the probably the questions we'll see to some degree. >> we appreciate it. >>> more on the breaking news out of iraq and th

the commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. the mission in iraq will be limited, protect u.s. military advisers and diplomats in erbil and end the siege on iraqi minorities driven into the mountains by isis fighters. but the white house concedes there's no firm timeline. >> president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of an open-ended engagement is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria. after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to address an urgent humanitarian situation. >> reporter: isis is just as determined. as

. >> as we see video problem talking it jordan's king a abdullah about the effort. any difficulties as far as getting aircraft to them and dropping humanitarian aid. >> reporter: we understand that it all went smoothly. they came in and out at a very low altitude. the pentagon release information about the air strike after th planes were out of the area. today the state department officials indicating that the u.s. is also talking to other countries about helping in the humanitarian aid. as you mentioned they did call jordan's king abdullah to talk about the humanitarian crisis. the british government indicated it will be dropping relief supplies in the next few days. and at the state department today saying the u.s. will likely continue it's humanitarian drop and they say they have full authority to do so. >> we want a multi lateralize and multi nationalize and talk to the countries in the region to help. but the cribs of iraq has invited us to assist them. there is no question there about that. there is no legal question. >> the one air drop that the u.s. has maid

luke, do we know what president obama and king abdullah discussed on that phone call today? >> as of right now, jonathan, there's been no concrete readout about what the conversation was between president obama and king abdullah. although, we presume it obviously had to do with these air strikes and about the u.s.'s continued partnership with jordan, trying to alleviate this threat. we do know specifics from the white house as to why exactly they moved forward with these air strikes. we got three reasons from josh ernest, the white house press secretary. he said, number one, we wanted to protect american personnel on the ground, especially around that city of irbil, which you talked about. number two, he wanted to alleviate that humanitarian crisis, specifically the one in the mountains where the religious minorities are being persecuted. number three, which i found most fascinating, was this idea to support the kurds and try to unify them with the iraqi defense forces against isis. obviously, that's something easier said than done. but you see a lot of u.s. support for the

king abdullah said terrorists groups will attack europe and the united states unless they are faced wayollective power from the international community. the comments come as the islamic extremist group isis seize add wide territory across iraq and 0y however abdullah did not mention any terrorist groups by name. >>> still to come tonight on "eyewitness news," a day at the beach turns deadly for a young girl in oregon. >>> also ahead dramatic new video shows the moment an earthquake rocked california's wine country. >>> 30 years later we'll take a look after how the space shuttle discovery changed space exploration for the united states. justin. >> well, the forecast turns hot and humid with the chance for some showers and storms. we'll check out your labor day forecast coming up. >> and ahead in sports, was cut-down day in the nfl and the eagles had to make some tough choices. we'll take a look at what they moved with. lesley van arsdale comes up next in sports. >> got a story you would like us to investigate? e-mail your ideas to i-team at cbs3.com. >> back now on "eyewitness news," we

. >> we know that he spoke to king abdullah in saudi, arabia, and great britain has promised humanitarian aid, and they're getting involved in that respect. but at this point, they're not getting involved militarily. and the uk also facing fatigue over the war in iraq, david. >> all right, libby casey in iraq, and we want to bring all of our viewers up-to-date on the other big story overseas, and that is what's going on in gaza. the ceasefire has ended after palestinian rockets into israel this morning, and israel responded with airstrikes so, the conflict is back and ratcheting up again in gaza. joining us now from gaza, the latest on the situation, and what's the latest and what are you seeing and hearing now? >> reporter: i can confirm that five people have been killed in this latest fighting since the expiration of the ceasefire. around 30 people are injured. and just right now, i can hear the buzz of zones, and periodically the roar of israeli fighter jets as well. so intense situation on the ground here. and many people paying close attention to cairo, hoping that the palestinian ne

king abdullah said that terrorist groups will attack europe and the united states unless they are facedith a collective power from the international community. the comments come as the islamic extremist group isis seize add wide area across iraq and syria. however, abdullah did not mention any terrorist groups by name and tonight on the cbs3 health watch a medical break through involving a first of its kind heart drug. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news," we have more on the experimental drug that many doctors are calling a game changer in the fight against heart failure. >>> plus, tragedy on the beach. bystanders rush to the help of a little girl trapped by sand. justin. >> and we have a dry start to the holiday weekend. now get ready for the chance for some showers and storms. complete forecast coming up. >> and ahead in sports, the eagles made some tough choices as they had to trim their roster. lesley van arsdale has the details co ♪ ♪all day and all of the night - the kinks♪ ♪all day and all of the night - the kinks♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves.

. >> reporter: late this morning, president obama made a call to jordan's king abdullah, likely discuss the unrest in the region. but as isis militants take control of dozens of iraqi cities and towns, some experts question whether the u.s. has a real military plan. >> this is not decisive use of military power, we're not on the ground in the area. i don't think we know what we're doing. >> there's no word yet on how many isis militants may have died in this morning's air strike. jennifer johnson, nbc news. >> in the meantime, the faa, the federal aviation administration, is responding as well. the faa now prohibiting all u.s. airlines and other commercial carriers from flying over iraq, saying the hostilities there are a threat to safety. the faa says the fighting between islamist militants and iraqi security forces is creating, quote, potentially hazardous situation. this ban does not apply to flights operated with per permission from the u.s. government or in emergency situations. that ban comes just three weeks after a malaysia airlines plane was shot down over eastern ukraine, kill

targets in iraq, this was all we could see of the president, commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. aides stay mission in iraq will be limited, protect u.s. advisers in erbil and end the siege. but the white house concede there's no firm time line. >> the president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of an open-ended engainment is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >>> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to address an urgent humanitarian situation. >> reporter: isis is just as determined. as one of its fighters told vice news, "we w

in comments to foreign ambassadors yesterday, king abdullah said, quoting now, "i am certain that after a month they will reach europe, and, after another month, america." yesterday, britain raised its terror threat level to severe, meaning it considers an attack highly likely but not imminent. from monrovia, the capital of the west african country of liberia, word that a quarantine put into place 11 days ago to try to contain the outbreak of ebola has been lifted. residents living in the affected area had feared running out of food and water. ebola has killed more than 1,500 people so far, and, the world health organization said the number of cases rose last week at the fastest pace since the outbreak began five months ago. promising medical news tonight. an experimental drug made by novartis lowers the chance of death or hospitalization from heart failure by 20%. the drug works in part by dilating blood vessels, enabling the heart to pump more effectively. the company will seek approval of the still unnamed drug by the end of the year in this country. the results, published today in t

another video is of the president today calling king abdullah of jordan. president was in a situation thursday morning. a huddling about this. and headed to northern virginia for a va event. a signing of the va reform bill. on the south lawn we got this video of the president and his chief of staff engaged in an animated conversation. you can see it there now. president waving his right hand the video goes on, he was agitated story is that president was not happy that the story was leaking out while they're meeting national security team. "new york times" broke the story the president was weighing air strikes. why is that significant? because the story that i mai have been leaked but someone outside of the building thought maybe the president is going to wiggle out of it and wanted to box him in a hill bit and say look. they're weighing this. if the white house pulled back they would look weak. so that is some of the intrigue going on now as to who leaked that story the story didn't seem happy. >> the problem is that the president had information and advan

you have king abdullah the saudi king issuing a very strongly-worded statement on the behalf of israel, you also have egypt lining up with israel. look at the positioning here compared to the united states. >> we talked about that. i think we agree any sort of real cease-fire, any sort of peace in this region would have to come from an egypt negotiated position. egypt offered at any time first time, hamas said no. the fighting started again. here's another egyptian attempt. let's not forget the state house and white house one side is a terrorist, one side is our ally. you can't negotiate with terrorists. hamas' goal is for an islamic state standing over every other religion. once you understand that there should be no negotiation. netanyahu said this demilitarize gaza and we can have a deal. here's the $64,000 question right here. do the people in gaza still back hamas. if not. it's time to stand up and get hamas out of their palestinian government and negotiate a demilitarized gaza. >> people in hamas are suffering as well however do they have the political force,litary strength, the

to be picking up ground inside iraq, inside syria, and also the president was on the phone with king abdullah of jordan because the king is worried that their next move is to go into jordan. that would suggest they've got thousands and thousands of militants. i don't have a precise number but there's a disconnect in that the white house was telling us today there's a difference between al qaeda and isis because al qaeda was trying to launch attacks against the american homeland. if you listen to what secretary of state john kerry was saying in a news conference, he was saying they're a threat to the region. but in the long term he think they're a threat to the united states. and so that suggests that, you know, regardless of what the number is, they're a threat to the united states according to the united states. >> this is sim buehrle. why did they allow it to get this bad. now they're saying, oh, out of humanitarian concerns they're compelled to ask. if isis is varsity and al qaeda is jv, why are we in this position? >> i think that's a fair question. it's really that it's not the president

. >> there hasn't been a specific reaction to the comments from king abdullah of saudi arabia, but the u.s. has been saying pretty much for the past couple of weeks that it does consider the islamic state group a very serious security threat. however, on friday we heard from the secretary of homeland security jay johnson who said that there wasn't enough credible immanent intelligence to determine the threat level currently where it sits. and until that level is known it's not worth terrifying the american people. that's not to say that the obama administration is not taking a closer look at what can be done. we heard from barack obama that his military advisers are working on military options that the u.s. can use in trying to confront i.s. fighters. but there is a larger strategic at work and the administration is trying very hard to get it right. >> rosalind jordan in washington, d.c. >>> in iraq government forces are bombing islamic state positions in a town of amerli. in the northeast where for months they were ail to hold back thety the islamic state groups. but now they're prepa

. >> there hasn't been a specific reaction to the comments of king abdullah. the u.s. has been saying for the past couple of weeks, that it does consider the islamic state group a serious security threat. on friday we heard from the secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, who said there wasn't enough credible imminent intelligence justifying changing the nation's terror threat level from where it sits. without that evidence, johnson says it's not worth terrifying the american people with a change in the threat level. it's not to say that the obama administration isn't taking a closer look at what can be done. we heard from the president, president obama, who said that his advisors, his military advisors are trying to work on military options that the u.s. can do to confront is fighters. that's larger issue at work, and the administration is trying hard to get it right. >> information tonight about the escape of the u.n. peacekeepers held by rebels in syria. they'll hike along the north-east border in israel. tonight the philippine military said dozens of workers w

another video is of the president today calling king abdullah of jordan. president was in a situation thursday morning. a huddling about this. and headed to northern virginia for a va event. a signing of the va reform bill. on the south lawn we got this video of the president and his chief of staff engaged in an animated conversation. you can see it there now. president waving his right hand the video goes on, he was agitated story is that president was not happy that the story was leaking out while they're meeting national security team. "new york times" broke the story the president was weighing air strikes. why is that significant? because the story that i mai have been leaked but someone outside of the building thought maybe the president is going to wiggle out of it and wanted to box him in a hill bit and say look. they're weighing this. if the white house pulled back they would look weak. so that is some of the intrigue going on now as to who leaked that story the story didn't seem happy. >> the problem is that the president had information and advan

better king abdullah than what waits in the wings. people in policymaking circles and even amongst the general public do not understand what tyranny does to increase radicalism. they do not have to question where the muslim brotherhood came from, 30 years of brutal dictatorship that decimated political discourse and wrecked the economy, that helped give rise to the muslim brotherhood. isis in syria is in no small part a consequence of the combination of brutal dictatorship for the last decade and a half and western inaction to stop it. the quicker we understand that opening these societies is absolutely critical to the fight against the radicalism, the sooner we will act on human rights. that is not to negate the importance of simultaneously combating and liberalism -- combating illibrism. if you polled people and say what is the punishment for leaving islam? and a high percentage say die, that is a cultural issue. identifying true moderates and not fake moderates and supporting dissidents and liberals and democrats and moderates is a

. >> reporter: as president obama worked the phones reaching out to king abdullah who's worried about isis spreading into his kingdom again, they ran against him to sticking to a limited mission that it's up to the iraqis to stop the islamic militants. >> this is a threat we cannot confront for them. it's a threat that can only be met and defeated by a unified iraq. >> reporter: republicans pronounce it and they have to make sure the u.s. defeats them. >> the longer he makes the decision that isis is a very bad group that has to be destroyed in both iraq and syria, this is only going to get worse. >> reporter: the president acted this time because of a tightly defined short-term mission, preventing humanitarian disaster in northern iraq, protecting u.s. personnel there, and slowing isis, though not necessarily stopping them in the long term. >> al qaeda, the goal has been defeat and decimate poor al qaeda. is the goal to defeat and decimate isis? >> well, the goal as it relates to this very specific situation is the need for iraq to confront the threat that is posed by isil. >> report

no one knows what will happen after king abdullah.veral -- in 1988 and an element 1989 and an unborn when president bush invited iran for good well for a run to facilitate the release of western hostages, american hostages. although i have explained in my book, another friend and foreign ministry, were invited to manage this steelman. and we did it. but very frankly we could not make a deal. it was the revolutionary guard facilitating the release of hostages. in 2001 the war on terror when, again, the u.s. invited iran to cooperate. it was impossible without the revolutionary guard corporation and to bring iran and the u.s. to cooperate to fight in afghanistan. it was the revolutionary guard. and so it depends how you deal with it. if you are nice, they will be constrained. [laughter] been there would result. they have a sense of power and organization. there are extremely powerful and know how to react. iranian regional objectives, i have explained in my book one store in. it was my mission to germany when i met foreign minister gens

on cue, seconds before we ran your peace, we did get a statement from the king of saudi arabia, king abdullahcondemning the violence and the suffering of the palestinian people in gaza. he called it crimes against humanity. but among other things, he blames state-sponsored terrorism, and certainly gave no word of support for hamas. it would be very interesting to see what we hear from some of these arab nations, now that this cease-fire was broken. >> that's right, john. in the coming days, we're going to be watching that closely. if there's an escalation of this, analysts are telling me, if the israelis large a mass incursion into gaza, and this really escalates, maybe if there's a singular israeli strike that causes mass civilian casualties, you're going to see even stronger protests from those arab powers. now, there is a distinguished, there is a distinction being made between -- with analysts who say these powers really don't like hamas but they do -- they do express solidarity with the palestinian people and the palestinian cause. but it's hamas that they don't like. so the saudi king i

he is in this video you are seeing here on the phone with king abdullah of jordan consulting with theat is happening in iraq rhine, also in the oval office with the president was deputy national security adviser tony blinken. there were other officials in the room. i wanted to make sure that you were able to see that. as to your question, as to what the end game is, wolf, i think that is definitely the question of the day. late last night, senior administration officials, as you mentioned, held a background conference call with reporters and they explain to reporters, including myself, who are asking questions about what's going on here, is that basically this is going to be a limited operation, limited in scope. they do not have any designs. they say at this point of launching an all--out assault on isis, on many different fronts to take out isis altogether. that's not what this is about. they say that is a battle best left to the iraqis. what they are doing at this point is on two fronts. if u.s. personnel in irbil are threatened, those military advisers, the president has -- is giv

and tonight a new warning from saudi king abdullah that terrorist groups could attack europe and the u.s. unless the international community steps up. ryan smith has the latest. >> reporter: as u.s. warplanes continue to pummel isis forces in iraq, president obama this week made a surprising admission about what comes next. >> we don't have a strategy yet. >> reporter: the president explained that a long-term plan to contain the islamist militants will take time to pull together. >> to systematically degrade isil's capacity. >> reporter: they flaunted their tav salve vallejory again. hundreds of captured syrian soldiers stripped to their underwear, herded at gunpoint, forced to walk barefoot across the burning sands, apparently in a death march. the video later seems to show a killing ground in the aftermath of a massacre. the threat from isis has alarmed the united kingdom into raising its terrorist threat level to severe, meaning an attack is high hawaiily likely. >> what we're facing in iraq now with isil is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before. >>

center set up in 2011 after the campaign set up by king abdullah funded half a billion for relief ofeeing the offensive in iraq. joining me many the studio, our security correspondent frank gardener. why have they done this? >> they've been pushing for some time for this center. nobody really took them up on that in saudi arabia. they are probably the most vulnerable or one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of backlash. if you look at jihads taking part in brutal fighting in islamic states, they're saudi arabia people. some of them -- the voices that you hear on tapes with people pronouncing things and people having their heads cut off, they're saudis. what did government fears is these people will come back to their own country. they have a vested interest in stopping the state. this sounds weird because people in shiite dominated countries accuse saudi arabia of funding and encouraging islamic state. they have categorically denied this. they have put out denials publicly in the newspapers. there's no denying private donors in saudi arabia and kuwait and other gulf countries

and a new warning from king abdullah, that terrorists groups could attack europe and the u.s. unless groups step up. we have the latest. >> as u.s. warplanes continue to pummel isus forces in iraq, president obama made a surprising admission about what comes next. >> we don't have a strategy yet. >> the president explained a long-term plan to contain the islamist militants will take time to pull together. >> to systematically degrade isus capacity to engage in terrible violence. >> hundreds of captured syrian soldiers, slipped tounder wear, forced to walk barefoot across the burning sands apparently in a death march. the video later seems to show a killing ground in the aftermath of a massacre. threat from isis has alerted the united kingdom to raise their threat level to highly likely. >> it is a deeper threat to our security than we've known before. >> isis recruits young fighters from britain and already has an estimated 100 fighters the united states after using rap messes to win them over. one recruitment leads back to the minneapolis area. >> young men are being recruite