michael flynn had sharp comments on u.s. strategy. >> it's not just the whis. i white house.i really believe when members of congress are yelling at the white house for strategy and the white house is talking back to them, what they really need to do is sfig out what the strategy is going forward. >> part of the strategy is the president asking congress for a war resolution. but is that enough. joining us now michael bolton. ambassador, what do we need to come? >> the president has to come up with a better objective than what he's been saying when he says to degrade and ultimately defeat ice. that can take a long time. that's not the kind of objective our strategy should have. it should be to destroy isaiah the sooner the better. and if he in fact submits a draft authorization to use force to congress this week which he does not need to do constitutionally, but if he does, it ought to be very broad it ought to ask for the authority to use all necessary means to eradicate isis and any groups or individuals affiliated with it or sharing its aims in and around the middle east or

general michael flynn, calls for a more aggressive strategy to combat isis. the hearing takes place as congress debates the president's request for the use of military force against isis. this is about two hours. >> the committee will come to order. on wednesday the president submitted to congress his proposal for an authorization to use military force against isis. although the president's ordered combat operations against isis take place in take place in iraq since last august and in syria since last september only now has he sought the congressional authorization required by the constitution. despite the airstrikes, press accounts indicate that isis has expanded its territory that it controls in syria. the world has been horrified at its bar bary. which seems to have noism. meantime the united states suffered a significant setback in yemen. we abandoned our embassy there. the place where the president once held out as a model for his counterterrorism approach. now, we're in a much weaker position to prevent attacks by the organization that is posed the mos

. >> that was former defense intelligence agency director lieutenant michael flynn, questioning president obama's plan to defeat isis. you want to ask you first about the administration last week rolled out its new national security strategy including the call for strategic issues. >> we have to roll out a strategy for short term but also long term. we need to look at not only isis iran china, all those countries we need to address more forcefully but long term as well, whether it's cyber security, technology, try to get ahead of the game. >> the media threat we have now with isis how confident are you in moving forward with what we are doing? the president said we're doing everything we should be doing. there is still the question of using military force which would somehow force the administration to outline a specific strategy. where do you stand on that timeline? >> we need to clarify the interstate, we need to support our partners in the area who are trying to help us with regards to isis. that's not happening right now. i'm happy to say jordan is a step forward again and it's really

and it is -- we're honored to have a rare interview with lieutenant general michael flynn who retired last year. he held almost every top level military intel post. and he helped revolutionize our military handles intelligence. welcome. the obama administration issued a new national security strategy on friday. in it, president obama writes this. the challenges we face requires strategic patience and persistence. national security adviser susan rice said this. >> while the dangerous we face may be more numerous and varied, they are not of the nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffeted by alarmism and a nearly instantaneous news cycle. >> is that the right way to look at islamic extremism? >> let me start out by saying if you read the national security strategy it's very complex. it's not about one president or administration or another. it's about the nation's strategy going forward. i would tell you that we are facing a form of -- a cancerous component of the islamic religion which has a fa nat six to it and they have declared war

we are honored to have a rare interview with lat lieutenant general michael flynn who retired last summer as director of the defense intelligence agency, the pentagon c.i.a. holding every top level military post and revolutionized how the military handles intelligence. general flynn welcome to fm news. >> the obama administration issued a new national security strategy on friday and president obama writes this "the challenges we face require strategic patience and persistence and the national security advisor susan rice said this." >> the dangers we face could be more numerous and varied they are not of the nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffetted by alarmism and a nearly instantaneous news cycle. >> general is that the right way to look at the threat from islamic extremism? >> let me start out by saying that obviously if you read the national security strategy it is complex. this is not about one president or one administration or another. this is about the nation's strategy going forward. i would tell you that we are facing a form

retired general michael flynn saying, quote, you cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. so is being

at a house armed services committee hearing today retired general michael flynn, the former head of military intelligence, testified about the threat posed by isis. he calls for a more aggressive strategy against the militant group in iraq and syria. president obama has asked congress to pass a new authorization of military force against isis. congressman matt thornberry chairs this two hour hearing. >> on wednesday, the president submitted to congress proposal for authorization to use military force against isis. although the president ordered combat operations against isis take place in iraq, since last august and in syria since last september, only now has he sought congressional authorization required by the constitution. despite air strikes, press accounts say isis expanded control in syria, the world has been horrified at its barbarrism. the u.s. has a setback in yemen abandoned our place there a plays the president held out as model for counterterrorism approach. now we are in a much weaker position to prevented attacks by the organization that posed the most serious threat to our hom

retired general michael flynn saying, quote, you cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. so is being too pc putting our lives and investments at risk. i'm david asman welcome to "forbes on fox" let's go with sabrina schaeffer, john tamny and rick younger. steve, nothing more than criminal an arcy, really? >> david, that's like saying adolf hitler was an overgrown juvenile delinquent subject to temper tantrums. this unwillingness to recommend nice what is out there is putting lives in jeopardy and economic well being in jeopardy. we see islamic bash richl on the pa march yemens falling, put inn doing more aggression in ukraine. that hurts investment because of the uncertainty that surrounds the world today into rick, there's no uncertainty among the american people 56% of whom believe that they are at war with radical islam. >> i'm a little surprised that the number is that low i would have thought that far more than 56% would figure that out. what he had to say yesterday was preposterous. >> he is the deputy press secretary by the way. >> he is i just -- >> look at who el

. >> but lieutenant general michael flynn intelligence chief does not see it that way. >> today what you are seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy. what i have -- >> a doubling of the enemy? >> a doubling or more.

. >> but lieutenant general michael flynn intelligence chief does not see it that way. >> today what you are seeing on a map like that is a doubling of the enemy. what i have -- >> a doubling of the enemy? >> a doubling or more. the strategy that we have had is not working. it's clearly not working. just look at the kinds of things that we are facing. in my world what i have grown up to have to do is to find the enemy that we are facing. like i said if you can't defeat an enemy that you don't admit exists. we faced the nazis. we faced the communists. this is another that we are going to have to face and it is staring us in the face right now and that is this expansion of radical islam. they are against our way of life. we have to make sure that we understand that. >> so if that wasn't confusing enough president obama gave an interview to boss.com where he described the terror threat as he sees it. take a listen. >> do you think the media sometimes overstates the sort of level of alarm people should have about terrorism and this kind of chaos as opposed to a longer term problem of cli

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general michael flynn is a credible voice on the subject and said the threat of islamic terrorism is unacceptable levels and no evidence that it has peaked. >> i have the unhappy task that according to the significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year. >> reporter: he said it is a kinetic fight and a idea logical battle. it is an arc of instability from iraq and yemen and syria and africa. and another saying that isis is getting a foot hold there. >> you are seeing anise lammic state affiliate in libya. it is ungoverned space and it is a civil war and that is destable otherwising both east and west. >> the most interesting elements of flynn's testimony warned that the allies that are dumping the weapons in the region must be reigned in as a large effect to bring the arab nations together in a collective defense similar are to nato. >> we need an arab world nato- like structure and not deal with each one of these countries as though they are individual countries and individual problems. they are dealing with those problems and we need to put somebody in charge of it. >>

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authoritative voices on the threat, the former head of the defense intelligence agency general michael flynn testified the threat has expanded in every possible way in the last year. and the administration has not done enough to stop it. >> i have the unhappy task of informing you that according to every metric of significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year. >> and another witness testified that isis is now gaining a foothold in libya, which is awash with weapons many reportedly dumped in the region by qatar. those described by the administration as an ally. >> you are seeing the emergence of what looks like an islamic state affiliate in libya. it's a completely ungoverned space. and complete now civil war total polarization and that's having destabilizing effects on both east and west. >> and flynn warned the so-called u.s. allies support terrorism and dump weapons in the region have to be reigned in and counciled as part of an effort to bring the arab nations together in a body that offers collective defense, something similar to what we have with nato, tucker. >> catherine

michael flynn former head of the cia taking it a step further, saying kerry's out of touch with realityearly not listening to the intelligence community and totally irresponsible. he goes on to say that kerry should be challenged by anyone who cares about the duty of this country. wow. i say to you, today, as al qaeda and isis are definitely not on the run, as americans what are we to make of this incredibly dangerous mixed message? >> coming up on the real story today, hillary clinton being asked many et sthiks questions. >>> and george w. bush revealing what he misses most about being commander in chief and it has to do with this video we're playing right now. >>> and to switch gears, to say the least, madonna, giving fans in london a shock when she falls off the stage. had nothing to do with her clothes, that brings us our question of the day, what is the most embarrassing fall of your life. well, a mortgage shouldn't be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just hav

lieutenant general michael flynn, head of the intelligence agency, can you not defeat an enemy you dot admit exists. and former head of u.s. central command general james mattis said we need to come out from our reactive crouch and take a firm strategic stance in defense of our values and you addressed that in our opening, general jack keane, do we have a strategy? >> anybody looking at that map looking at that conclusion we do not. al qaeda has grown five fold, and isis when we pulled out from iraq, grew from an organization from less than 3000 to over 30,000 in three years. radical islam spread through the middle east to the sub indian continent. what is the strategy to stop it. we have not stopped it and we don't have a strategy to defeat it. it is compelling. what is our strategy? we use drones to kill al qaeda leadership in pakistan and in yemen. that is a vital tactic but it is not a strategy. we partner with selective countries in africa to help them do some training. that is fragmenting at best. until we bring the countries that have interest together and put together an allia

this morning one of the most credible voices on the threat, former head of the defense agency, michael flynn testified before the house armed services committee and flynn said in every way, recruitment, financing, the threat has grown significantly in the last year. >> have the unhappy task of informing you that according to every metric of significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year. >> and the threat has grown despite the u.s.-led coalition bombing campaign with the pentagon confirming another seven strikes over the last 12 hours. what critics say is too slow a tempo of operations to be effective. and another witness testified this morning that isis is now gaining a foothold in syria which is a watch in weapons. many reportedly dumped in the region di qatar and being described by the administration as an ally. >> you are seeinged emergence of what looks like an islamic state affiliate in labia. it's a completely ungoverned space and it's now a civil war, total polarization. that's having disableizing effects on east and west. >> remember at the same time we had that new ate

president doesn't want to talk about it because he has even former staffers like lieutenant general michael flynn who i want you to listen to, criticizing his policies. listen to this. >> i think what the american public is looking for is they're looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity and not a sense of --passivity or confusion confusion. there's confusion about what it is we're facing. >> confusion. you have somebody who was on the inside of all of these policies saying that the president's policy on isis is confusion. what do you say? >> well, certainly the results get us that because we have no strategy to deal with the rise of radical islam as we have laid out very clearly on previous episodes here. but he fundamentally after the war in iraq and the war in afghanistan did not want to get engaged again. and every policy step he has taken is to avoid that engagement. and even when we have to be engaged as it is in iraq and syria, he's taking the minimal amount of steps in that engagement. and the number one objective and the number one foreign policy priority that the president

speaking of chaos listen to what former defense intelligence agency director lieutenant general michael flynnut who's in charge of the white house when it comes to defeating isis. take a look. >> i can't sit here and tell you that i know who it is. i really don't. which is part of the problem. and when you -- so if everybody's in charge, nobody's in charge. and it's like the analogy that i just used with the football team. i mean, we're saying ready, break and everybody's going into different stadiums. >> here with reaction in studio rare appearance arizona senator john mccain. senator, welcome. thank you for being here. >> thank you sean. >> what is your reaction to what he said about overhyping delusion? >> delusion or denial or combination of both. we've just had hearings in the senate armed services committee, most respected people in the committee, every one of them whether they're former democrat administration or republicans have said they have never seen the world in more turmoil. and the greatest threat is islamic extremism. and the president's now saying that it's exaggerated and ov

rare sit down with the former director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general michael flynn. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. >>> then the measles outbreak becomes a political flash point for members of the gop's 2016 short list. >> parents need to have some measure of choice in things as well. >> i got annoyed as people trying to depict me that didn't think vaccines were a good idea. >> we'll talk with dr. ben carson who says vaccination should be mandatory for children. plus our sunday group weighs in how it could shake up the 2016 feel. >>> and world champion boxer manny pacquiao on finding god? >> do you have any conflict between your faith and boxing? >> god has a plan for us. >>> all on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. the u.s.-led coalition continues to pound isis targets and air strikes in iraq and syria. the united arab emirates says it will rejoin the campaign. sending a squadron of f-16 fighters to jordan. and jordan dismisses claims that a woman was killed in an air strike as criminal propaganda. at this point we are honored

very pleased to see retired lieutenant general michael flynn, former director of defense intelligence agency. mr. william brennan executive director national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses to terror at the university of maryland, and dr. marc lynch with the george washington university all of these gentlemen have done very serious, helpful work for the committee and for the country on this topic of terrorists and we're very grateful to have you with us today. as i said you're full written state would be made a part of the record. if you'd like to summarize at this point and we will get to questions, we would appreciate it. general flynn. >> great, thank you. chairman thornberry, ranking member smith, members of the committee, it is an honor to be here today. i really appreciate the invitation. you have asked me to comment on the state of islamic extremism. today i had the unhappy task of informing you that according to every metric of significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year whether they be the scale and scope of isis and its associated movement

retired lieutenant general michael flynn says his former colleagues are confused about the enemy. into we are kinds of like a football team with a quarterback at the huddle and the quarterback says ready, break. everybody is supposed to step to the line and the team is supposed to move in a synchronized way to the goal line to win. i feel like when we say ready, break, all the play remembers going into different stadium playing different sports. >> things aren't as bad now. according to the president's national security adviser susan roois as they were during world war ii or the cold air. as secretary of state john kerry said sunday, so far the u.s. has taken out many members of isis leadership. and he says that's a good thing. >> now, there is a lot more to do. we have said since the beginning this is a long-term operation not short-term one. but we believe everything, including the governing process in iraq itself, is moving in the right direction. >> another administration official dhs secretary jay johnson see as different kinds of home grown threat on the horizon, funding tro

. >> but lieutenant general michael flynn intelligence chief does not see it that way. >> today whatlike that is a doubling of the enemy. what i have -- >> a doubling of the enemy? >> a doubling or more.

general michael flynn who retired last year as the director of the defense intelligence agency said this the strategy that we have had is not -- it's not working. i mean, it's clearly not working. just look at the kinds of things that we are facing. i mean, you know, in my world, what i have grown up to have to do is define the enemy that we are facing. and, like i have said. if you -- you capability defeat an enemy that you don't admit exists. >> general flynn was a top advisor to president obama and joins former secretaries of defense panetta and gates in lamenting america's poor strategy to counter muslim extremism. with isis committing daily base basis president obama's lack of urgency stands out. general flynn is not happy about it. >> i think what the american public is looking for they are looking for moral and intellectual courage and clarity and not a sense of and i just say as passivity or confusion. i think that there is confusion about what it is that we are facing. it's not just what has been defined as 40,000 fighters in the islamic state in iraq and syria. it's also a larg

michael flynn, retired head of the defense and intelligence agency said this you cannot defeat an enemy. you do not admit exists? general james mattis former head of u.s. central command which had responsibility for the middle east said we need to come out from our reactive crouch and take a firm strategic stance in defense of our values. which raises the question, and you addressed it in the little clip we had in the opening general keane do we have a winning strategic at this point against islamic extremism? >> anybody looking at that map would come to the conclusion, which the obvious we do not. al qaeda has grown four-fold in five years. isis, which began when we pulled out politically and military from iraq grew from an organization less than 3,000 to an organization over 30,000 in 3 years. radical islamist spread from south asia to sub indian continent. what is the strategy to stop it? we have not stopped it and we certainly don't have a strategy to defeat it. it is absolutely compelling. what is our strategy? we use drones to kill al qaeda leadership in pakistan and also in yemen

. >> this morning you have now lieutenant general michael flynn coming out.dd him to the list of critics who have now left the administration, people who served in the military who left under president obama -- you have panetta, gates, you have lieutenant flynn, you have other generals who have come out now and talked about -- >> expressing frustration here, and keep in mind left about a year before he was scheduled to and there were rumors that it was because of the frustration that his opinions weren't being heard by this administration. >> usually people wait to write the books that are critical of an administration. >> not any more. >> once the administration is over. but now they're coming out now and it's a cautionary tale. eight minutes after the top of the hour. we've got freezing drizzle and rain here in new york city. nonetheless heather is going to warm us up with headlines. >> good morning to you all. let's start out now with a fox news alert. hooded gunmen armed with automatic weapons right now in a standoff with french police after firing on off

general michael flynn about kerry's comments.said secretary kerry quote is out of touch with reality. he is clearly not listening to the entire u.s. intelligence community. he is not reading any of the intelligence or other things that have been written over the last few weeks, months, years. talk about being out of touch continuing for him to make those statements is totally irresponsible and he should be challenged by anyone who cares about the future of this country. that is the former head of the defense intelligence agency of this administration. you know martha, today -- martha: stunning, that is a stunning statement. lines up with what he has said in the past but goes even further, bret. >> it does. and you hear clapper there. you know today is the 20 second anniversary of the bombing of world trade center in 1993, in the north tower, that truck bomb went off. it didn't have desired effect of taking down the tower. terrorists obviously eight years later would accomplish that on 9/11. 22 years later everybody we talk to in

we had michael flynn, he talks about the reality of what our military leaders must do because we're at war right now, listen. >> this enemy must be opposed killed, and destroyed in the terrorism form. there are some that counsel patience saying they are not a threat and can be managed as criminals. i respectfully and strongly disagree. >> so what do you notice about what general flynn just said. he is the former head of the federal intelligence agency. what word did he use that you never hear from his former supervisors. islamic. he named the threat outloud. >> on "fox news sunday" he was nonlast week. and he said you can't treat it if you don't clarify and name the problem. >> are they listening to people like general flynn? >> does the president trust his own military advisors and that is clearly on the mind of lieutenant flynn. >> when we give our military commanders a mission, we should allow them to execute that mission and not overly constrain them with approved authorities but then having to come back to the administration for permission. either we, you know we need to review th

as you may have seen former defense intelligence agency director michael flynn recently commented that he could not identify which agency or individual in the u.s. government is in charge of the fight against radical islam extremist. obviously dhs the fbi, dod to some extent, the department of state and ctc are all important players. who is in charge? >> i would argue senator that as with most elements of our counterterrorism efforts we are approaching on the whole government efforts about a single agency of responsibility. the effort against extremists in the united states we have a very tightknit community focus particularly among the justice department fbi in and ctc along with the deputy directors of those organizations. every other month at the director or deputy director level synchronizing activities at the homegrown violent extremist phenomenon making sure we coordinate a partner with each other so when we go to community and i used them for my testimony as an example of a community we had gone to in the wake of the arrest there last year of three young somali american women we

witness before the house armed services committee is the former director of the intelligence agency, michael flynnritic of the administration's refusal to identify the threat as radical islam. >> i wouldn't sit here today and say isis is an existential threat to this country the broader ideology. but the broader ideology is one that will get inside of our blood stream, get inside of our dna, if you will and will permeate over time if we don't do something about it now. so it doesn't help us to just kind of wait to do something. >> reporter: separately, fox news was first to report that the rise of isis in iraq was documented in the president's daily brief. this is the top intelligence product presented to the president for at least a year before the terror group pushed through large swaths of territory last summer, and this completely undercuts the white house claim that they were all taken by surprise when the intelligence community clearly was not, gregg. gregg: catherine what does the loss of american embassies in the region mean for the white house? >> reporter: well, the white house now has l

the former director of the defense intelligence agency michael flynn will testify. live coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. on c-span2. >> here are some of our featured programs. saturday morning, live coverage of the book festival with nonfiction authors and books on the disappearance of michael rockefeller. in the former senior adviser for president obama on 40 years in politics. saturday morning, the 100th anniversary of the release of the film the birth of a nation. the showing of the entire film followed by a live call-in program. sunday at eight on the presidency, george washington portraits, focusing on how artists captured the spirit of the first president and what we can learn about him through the paintings. let us know about what you think about the programs. you can e-mail us or send us a tweet. join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> this hearing is two hours and 10 minutes. >> good morning. the committee meets today to receive testimony on afghanistan and i want to thank general campbell, the commander of the resolute support miss

. >>> michael flynn testifies today. here's a look at what he said to the house armed services committee. >> you have asked me to comment on the state of islamic extremism. today, i have the unhappy task of informing you that according to every metric of significance, islamic extremism has grown over the last year. whether it be the scale and scope of isis and its associated movements, the number of violent islamist groups a territory which these groups control, the number of terrorist attacks these groups perpetrate, the massive numbers and suffering of refugees and displaced persons due to these islamist groups. that's approximately 15 million people. the amount of kidnapping and rape of women and children by these groups the numbers of casualties they inflict. their broad expansion and use of the internet, which is very serious. or just their sheer barberismarism we've witnessed. it is growing. we are at war with violent and extreme islamists sunni and xi ya shia. a vision of how the world and society should be ordere

very pleased to see retired lieutenant general michael flynn of the central intelligence agency. mr. william braniff executive director national consortium for the study of terrorism and responses at the university of maryland, and doctor marc lynch with the george washington university. all of these gentlemen have done very serious, helpful work for the committee and the country on this topic of terrorism and we are grateful to have you with us today. or full written statement will be made part of the record. if you like to summarize at this point and get to questions we would appreciate it. general flynn. >> chairman mac thornberry, drinking member smith, members of the committee it's an honor to be here today. i appreciate the invitation. you've asked me to comment on the state of islamic extremism. today, i have the unhappy task informing you that according to every metric of significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year whether it be the scale and scope of isis and its associated movements the number of violent islamist groups, the territory the the group's con

it seems james clapper is on the same page as lieutenant general michael flynn who also said i guess secretary of state kerry is not reading his threat assessments because clapper is on the money. >> under this administration, who was nominated under this administration. >> if you're going to diagram what has happened you have the president of the united states throw james clapper under the bus, and then james clapper just threw secretary of state john kerry and the administration under the bus saying that stuff about us being safe, not true. >> by the way, it's all about us. we don't care about their careers. we just like to know what's going on here. it's not the 24-hour news cycle, not if it leads, it bleeds. there is a problem. >> do you believe secretary of state john kerry saying we're safe? or do you believe what we heard from james clapper from intelligence, saying this will be the most lethal year for global terrorism based on numbers? >> i think you've got to believe the guy who won the nobel prize for peace? what do you think? e-mail us facebook and tweet us. >> it says on

we'll have an interview with lieutenant general michael flynn.ency. the pentagon's cia. he held almost every top military intel post over the last quarter century. he said it's enormously important we identify the enemy for what it is. we can't fight it if we don't identify it. he said it is islamic extremism. that's an ideology. their getting more than a thousand recruits every month. the only way you can combat it if you combat it not ignore it. >> the white house as you see took a lot of grief for the president's remarks. does the white house see the remarks as a problem? i don't think they were scripted. it was ab libbed. are they concerned about the response or not? >> no. that was scripted. the president was clearly reading from tell tromter and apparently he told his speech writers he wanted it. the white house doesn't see it as a problem but a lot of people do. among other things the way in which the enemy is to say we're the you saidcrusaders. saying what we're repeating what happened a thousand years ago. for the president of the united