. >> one of those allies could be jordan, according to republican michael mccall who chairs the house homeland security committee. >> i met the prince of jordan, just two days ago, who said he is ready today to put his troops into syria to fight isis. >> congress is expected to take up the president's $500 million request to train and equip moderate syrian rebels this week, the measure is expected to pass but not without controversy. >> this threat has been out there for over a year, and finally the white house started to pay attention to it. >> and senator lindsey graham told fox news the white house cannot afford national security. >> it will take an army to beat an army, and this idea will never have any boots on the ground to defeat them in syria is fantasy. >> were entering a critical few days, president obama will be meeting with general john alan the u.s. envoy charged with building the coalition against isis, and he has his work cut out for him. >> the president will be in tampa meeting with central command and, jeff, secretary kerry and secretary john hagel will testify befor

representative michael mccall a republican from text. he says in times of war and peace it's important we come together, cut off the head of i.s.i.s. the snake that exists in syria. cu tell what kind of reaction this has -- can you tell the kind of reaction this has on the washington? they have gone home. >> senate majority leader, harry reed, house majority leader nancy pelosi, i think politically you'll see members of congress and at least the leadership say they support the president they support what's being done. i think other thing that will happen is because this is at least for initial i this is sort of a coalition with arab natio nations, bombing another arab nation territory, that is a huge deal. again you have to go back to the young pentagon cub reporter back in the early '90s you have to go back that far to find another time when the united nations had this kind of coalition, politically for the administration saying this is not the united states going it alone against the islamic state in syria, but the true arab coalition

michael mccall in a statement saying in times of war and peace, it's important to come together as a nation. we must cut off the head of the snake which exists in syria. in the coming days, meet with the leaders of iraq, israel and egypt. the u.s. cannot wage the fight against i.s.i.s. alone. >> tahman bradley reporting from washington this morning. thanks so much. >>> and count on abc news for the latest throughout the day. coming up later on "good morning america," and, of course, any time on abc news.com. >>> the son-in-law of osama bin laden learns his fate today. he was convicted in march on charges to conspire to kill americans. as a voice in the video and audiotapes. he said his role was strictly religious. he's facing a possible life sentence. >>> the secret service is tightening security in the wake of the latest breach. omar gonzalez made it inside without being stopped was in court yesterday. they tangled with him twice this morning. finding weapons and a white house map on him. last night the secret service added a small fence outside the larger permanent one to deter fur

from capitol hill, the republican chairman of the house homeland security committee, congressman michael mccall of texas. congressman, when you hear the counterterrorism director, matthew olsen, say those words, that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in his words continue to target western aviation, how serious of a threat is that? >> it's very serious. they have continued to try to exploit the aviation sector by building bomb devices that can go undetected through airports which is why we've ramped up screening in 25 different overseas airports today. as matt olsen talked about, i think what's most chilling is the connection between aqap, the bomb-making, the technology with forces like al nusra and most recently with isis in syria. so you have this technology and manpower coming together that could be quite a dangerous cocktail and combination. >> he makes it clear that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, given their technical skills and bomb-making, also going after western aviation, they may, at least in this area, be a bigger threat than isis, at least in the short term. is that your assess

john kerry and also the chairman of the house home land security committee texas congressman michael mccallin part two of the broadcast this morning, we're going to talk to film maker ken burns, about his latest project, the the pbs seer that is starts tonight the roosevelts: an interest math history. i have to tell you i think thinks ken burns best work yet. dorris goodwin the historian who has a major role in this documentary will also be with us to talk about it. >> bob schieffer, thanks very much. >>> minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson is out on bond after ago rested and charged of abusing his young son. wendy gilette tells us the defense contend it was not abuse but it was discipline. >> minnesota vikings star running back adrian peterson turn himself in early saturday morning. he was processed at montgomery county jail near houston and then left after posting 15 you this dollars one. peterson is charge with child abuse after using a switch or a tree branch to spank his young child. >> a grand jury having indicted this case looked at the injuries that were inflict upon this

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. >> joining us is congressman michael mccall, a member of the house home land security committee.ng news to hear of a second beheading here. it seems to everybody who is watching it, isis has in many ways verbally and physically declared war on us. are we at war? >> i believe isis has declared war in the united states by killing americans. these two journalists. i do believe they're intent on striking the west, including western europe and the homeland as we approach the anniversary of 9-11. we're particularly concerned about that. so i would argue that we are at war with isis and we ought to treat it as such and take more decisive action. i see this president, you had a gentleman from the pentagon on earlier, we saw chairman of joint chiefs dempsey come out aggressively. secretary hagel said the threat was imminent. now we're seeing the pentagon having to sort of back off a little bit because i think there is an internal debate within the administration as to how to handle this. their policy so far has been a policy of containment to stop isis in iraq. i would argue that it shoul

mccall. new zealand have a 6-point head at the top of the rugby championship table. >> australia joint second with south africa, beating argentina in queensland. michaelper scoring two tries for the wallabies. acknowledge pushing to the end. third try touched down. australia held on for the 32-25 win. argentina win this after three years in the competition. >> n.f.l. star adrian peterson has been charged in a child abuse inquiry. the running back for minnesota vibingings will not play, following claims he abused his son. his lawyer said he was engaged in stern parenting. it come comes days after ray rice was sacked by the baltimore ravens. floyd mayweather will earn millions following the fight against marcos maidana. it was revealed in a document filed at the atlanta sport section. the world title rematch taking place at the m.g.m. grand. mayweather unbeaten after 46 bouts, beating the argentinian in a majority decision in may. >> he's a strong competitor, a guy i can't overlook, keep my composure and listen to my dad's instructions. it's about taking my time. i've been here before. development rush, go out and do what i'm supposed to do. >> the late