lena komileva will join us from london. tore pleased to bring her on discuss the abrupt move in the pound-sterling. let's get to the front page. >> we start with united states president, mr. obama says he is ready to unveil how he will fight the islamic state. your outline steps in a speech on wednesday after he was criticized for not having a strategy. here's what he said on "meet the press." be askingm going to them and compute understand, number one, this is a serious threat. number two, we have the capacity to do with it. here is how we're going to do with it. i am going to be asking congress to make sure to understand and , and itwhat our plan is is going to require some resources, i expect, above what we're currently doing. >> those resources will not involve applying u.s. ground troops. the white house says this campaign may take three years to finish. >> very important interview with chuck todd. it is amazing how it synthesized this mass unrest of the summer and so many different issues, not just about iraq. >> the