you heard from senator mike lie, lee, saying not so fast.to senator bob casey to whether that congressional approval is necessary. >> good to be with you, in these circumstances in terms of where things are right now with airstrikes and strategy that president has employed in our military has emptied, i don't think he needs a congressional vote to provide authority right now. i think that some authority granted to the president going back to the year or so after 9/11, is probably outdated, and that needed to be updated. but, at-this-point he mas has authority to continue airstrikes, i wall argue crossing to syria to do that as your points you made before the break, about determined efforts to cut off the finances for isil very important part of a broader strategy. neil: is that the big differentiate or? beside the horrific beheadings of journalists, to say nothing of the thousands who died at isis' hands, brutally, that it is their money, and their resources. and the billions they have in financing to say nothing of 2 million in oil revenue

senator mike lee will join us for more on the president's plan, what needs to say tonight. when fixed income experts work with equity experts who work with regional experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. >>> welcome back. we're waiting for the froze reveal his strategy for attacking the threat from islamic terrorists. it's going to happen tonight. what does he need to say to reassure americans, and what do the people need to hear? joining us now from capitol hill, utah senator mike lee, a member of the senate armed services committee. great to see you, senator. if you were helping the president to write this speech, what would be the top three bullet points? >> i think i would tell him first the united states attacks militarily only when it's necessary to protect u.s. national sovrpty or where, if necessary, to protect the lives and the property interests of u.s. citizens. that immediate to be the focus. any time that becomes necessary, it's also necessary for the president absent some kind of imminent threat that re

republican senator mickley remind -- mike lee remind us in the hearing today. it's very important. >> if isil -- >> state it that the notion of arming syrian rebels has -- the next few sentences in a quote -- as always been a fantasy this, idea we can provide some light arms or even sophisticated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors, farmers, pharmacists and so forth, and that they were going to be able to battle nothing only a well-armed state but also a well-armed state backed by russia, backed by iran, battle hardened hezbollah, that was never in thef cards, close quote. now, the president hardly a month later is seeking authorization to do basically that. so, mr. secretary, what has changed and why does the president, who apparently didn't think that would work and described that as some sort of fantasy, about a month ago, what had changed to make him think it will work now? >> well, thank you, senator. at the risk of interpreting what the president meant when he said that, i recognize that is always risky, as i've said, but

fine the principles that are so convicted with within them that -- he -- senator cruz and senator mike lee, they said i might get clobbered for what i'm going to do. i'm sure that was going through my mind. welcome to my world if you think you're going to get clobbered by the press. he did it anyway because he was doing the right thing. once a marine, always a marine. [applause] that again never say in public. it's really good to be in kansas r as bralm -- barack obama would say flyover country. you're growing our food, you're helping feed america. you're sending good young folks to the united states military to fight for your independence. it's here that you're raising children with a strong work ethic and it's here where you can re-elect someone who will fight for the freedom to make sure that that work ethic is rewarded. that's what built this most wonderful, most exceptional country was that expectation of reward for hard work. i think in kansas and that's what i think of. i think of hard work and farmers. have for sohose who long they worked as a community united, especially in tough

and you care about the republican party and reaching out to a broader audience of economic growth, mike leeco rubio are are talking about pro family, pro growth, basically trying to address the feeling of working hard but never getting ahead and policies they would put in place to do that. so i would just recommend that because we didn't have

and you care about the republican party and reaching out to a broader audience of economic growth, mike leeco rubio are are talking about pro family, pro growth, basically trying to address the feeling of working hard but never getting ahead and policies they would put in place to do that. so i would just recommend that because we didn't have time to talk about it. >> that's it for us, "special report" is up next. >>> president obama pulls the trigger on isis in syria, bringing along some of his new closest friends. but what about the new imminent terrorist threat the administration is now talking about? this is "special report." good evening, i'm brett baier, a new imminent terrorist threat to the u.s. or europe forced u.s. war planners to add a different terrorist group to their strike list inside syria monday night. president obama promised a broad coalition in his fight against isis terrorists. overnight five

mentioned so far, none of them are going to be embraced by the likes of jeff sessions and ted cruise and mike lee over in the senate. is there someone that would be palettable to both sides? >> i'm not sure. i think jeff sessions is a good one. he has put out a statement saying i'm not going to support anyone unless they outrule anything with acts that he considers amnesty. d.o.j. says they would consider it. i don't know if there's one person that anyone is really going to embrace whole heartedly. so far the name that seems to be being discussed the most right now in terms of possible picks and i think it's important to take all of them with a grain of salt since this resignation did catch most people off guard, but right now most people are saying solicitor general donald vereli. i don't think anyone will have an easy confirmation process. the question that any republican staff or member that i have talked to and in statements that i have seen, what they're most worried about is this idea of when are they going to put up a nomination? is it going to be in january, or is it going to be in that l

with the principles that are so convicted within them that they will -- senator cruz and senator mike lee, they said i might get clobbered for what i'm going to do. i'm sure that was going through my mind. welcome to my world if you think you're going to get clobbered by the press. he did it anyway because he was doing the right thing. once a marine, always a marine. [applause] my son said never say that again in public. it's really good to be in kansas or as barack obama would say flyover country. you're growing our food, you're helping feed america. you're sending good young folks to the united states military to fight for your independence. it's here that you're raising children with a strong work ethic, and it's here where you can re-elect someone who will fight for the freedom to make sure that that work ethic is rewarded. that's what built this most wonderful, most exceptional country was that expectation of reward for hard work. when i think of kansas, that's what i think of. i think of hard work and farmers. i think of those who have for so long they worked as a community united,

mike lee, out in the paper today. now, who's to say you couldn't get through that next year?ossible. you obviously much more optimistic for pro-growth comprehensive tax reform with a republican-controlled senate and house. becomes a question of whether the white house wants to step up and play ball and acknowledge what we need to do is drop rates for all businesses and make a more internationally competitive system so our companies can compete and not become foreign targets. >> larry, do you think the president if the republican congress put forward legitimate tax complete tax corporate reform veto that? the white house. >> i don't know. it's a good, tough question. i don't know. the issue is the rate. i prefer 20%. and the second issue is territorial business. however, one of my heroes, former president bill clinton, came out for this very reform. he said, lower the rate and stop double taxing the foreign profits and people won't worry about inversions. i say, bravo to mr. clinton. he is a supply sider. >> thank you so much, caroline, for joining us this afternoon. along wit

i know that vice chairman of the subcommittee, mike lee, dr. burgess, was scheduled to go next, and i thank you for letting me ask my questions now. dr. woodcock, thank you, also, as a witness. we've had you before our committee many times as i've been on the committee. and you're just always so straightforward and to explain things in a very clear way. and i mean that sincerely. you do a great job and we appreciate that very much. i want to continue in the line of questioning that mr. pallone started, and again, and i have limited time so let me get right into that. congressman green and i have been working on this adapt act as you know, and it's legislation that supports the fda's flexibility to consider all forms of evidence in addition to data from clinical trials when considering novel antibiotics. how important do you believe adaptive and unique trials design can play in encouraging you as a byproduct of drug development? and before you answer that part, just, and i'm sure everybody at the hearing knows this, but in your typical phase thr

mike lee. ones.are some really good ut right now -- host: any women? guest: oh, my gosh. host: gina? guest: yeah, there are. you'll see. there are some good women. and for president -- for especially, i personally choose not to inject that. but i will say this -- there is no way i'll sit idly by this time and let the another ns nominate crayon down your throat establishment dynasty-type candidate that we've had. they've had their time. i think they've had their run. it's time for a true maverick, someone who will stand up to the establishment. and i'm hoping and praying that this time around we can find that person who's going to be about we the people instead of about they the elite, they the lobbyists, they the political building.e capitol that's what i'm looking for in the candidate. the first time i find, i will hard core.d, they have to declare before i an decide who i want for president. host: for more from these politichicks.tv. and their book, what women really want. thank you so much. >> thank you. host: up next, the phone lines where your thoughts on we began ea

kpix 5's mike sugerman says the union is in the middle of presenting their case to mayor lee right now. mike. >> reporter: liz, it appears that the fire chief will not lose her job at least not today. she told us earlier that she now has the full backing of the mayor so she has at least put that fire out -- for now. now, earlier, about two dozen members of the union, the firefighters union, came to meet with mayor ed lee and they brought with them a letter signed by every group within the union asking the mayor to fire the chief. the letter said there was a grave crisis of confidence and leadership and that the department is failing to protect lives and property. the most public issue now is over a slow response time by ambulances up to an hour to get ambulances on scene to take emergency cases to the hospital. and the chief met with paramedics today, in fact, to discuss that. but union members have for months complained about discipline the chief has enforced and a couple of well publicized cases. now, we're going to hear from the chief now and then we'll hear from the union president

are letting the methodist church worship here >> the message is of reassurance and hope >>mike pelton pastor lee neisch tells me church organizers worked all week preparing for service at this new setting. despite damage to *their churchthey're moving forward and the hundreds of parishoners seem to agree a change of venue does not change the power of prayer >> we've lost a lot but hey we are alive tie i'm praying for a good night's sleep for everyone and after all they still have >>mike pelton the familiar sounds of harold on the organ >> may'be i'll add in 'we shall overcome' >>mike pelton and harold is facing one additional challenge his organ shoes are still stuck inside their red-tagged church meaning he now is left to play, in socks. in napa, mike pelton, kron 4 news. >> vicki liviakis during napa's recovery and time of healing -- the lutheran church charities from illinois --- is bringing comfort dogs into the community. specially trained golden retrievers offer comfort to those suffering from mental or emotional stress following last weekend's big quake. the same dogs visited students at

the letter was signed by 24 california representatives, including mike honda, barbara lee. tesla declined to comment today. >>> packed slate, san jose city leaders will be debating several issues at this afternoon's city council meeting, among them, the bay 101 casino development project. the owners submitted plans to relocate to a site near casino matrix. it also wants to build two adjacent hotels and shops. casino's 101 current lease is expiring in 2017. the city also considering feedback on the future of the hammer theater center. the venue has been closed since june when the company went bankrupt. san jose plans to rent it out. >>> and san jose also working on plans to expand the san jose children's museum by more than 15,000 square feet. the city council will consider that plan this afternoon. the new space would allow for expanded outdoor educational programs. >> nice to see a butterfly pavilion or something like that. >>> a milestone for the new san jose earthquake museum. nbc bay area's bob redell is live at the construction site where the first seats just went in w

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mike dee marino finds him for the touchdown. township won 26 to 15. boyertown at spring-ford. brandon lee crab to danny matthews.thews waltzes in for the touchdown. springfield a winner. perkiomen valley at owen j robert. steven stahl finds justin jaworski for the touchdown. >>> we go pro after the break. flyers opening training camp with an injury to the captain. those details and more on the eagles matchup against desean jackson and the skins that's coming up know that chasing performance and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. >> ♪ >> desean jackson is listed as questionable for sunday's game against the eagles. you know he's going to do everything within his power to put on a show at lincoln financial field against his former team. he's a problem but more problematic is was

mike dee marino finds him for the touchdown. township won 26 to 15. boyertown at spring-ford. brandon lee crab to danny matthews.thews waltzes in for the touchdown. springfield a winner. perkiomen valley at owen j robert. steven stahl finds justin jaworski for the touchdown. >>> we go pro after the break. flyers opening training camp with an injury to the captain. those details and more on the eagles matchup against desean jackson and the skins that's coming up >> ♪ >> desean jackson is listed as questionable for sunday's game against the eagles. you know he's going to do everything within his power to put on a show at lincoln financial field against his former team. he's a problem but more problematic is washington's defense. sproles is the nfc offensive player of the week and shady the reigning rushing camp. in my one-on-one with shady mcit talked to me about darren sproles. i have the majority of it and he picks up the rest and did a great job and i'm lucky to have him because without darren right now we would be in some trouble. >> that complete interview with shady sunday morning 11:30 on sunday kickoff les

lee. they are demanding that he fire the fire chief. kpix 5's mike sugerman is just learning what happened behind closed doors. mike. >> reporter: well, the meeting just adjourned about a half- hour ago and for the time being, fire chief joanne hayes- white is still the chief in san francisco. so the firestorm has been not put out, quelled at least a bit now for the time being. two dozen union members came to the mayor's office. they met with the mayor late this afternoon. it was a meeting that came after the chief herself met with the mayor earlier today in which she says he told her that she has his full backing. now, this is a crisis unheard of before in the long history of the san francisco fire department. there's a letter that these people brought to the mayor signed by every major group in the union saying that there was a grave crisis of confidence in leadership and that the department is failing to protect the lives and property of san franciscans. the most public issues is over a slow response time by ambulances. up to now, it can take an h

mike to say a few words. >> good morning thank you for joining us the san francisco seoulcy you committee in the welcoming mayor park in san francisco our sister committee wishes to thank mayor edwin lee for joining this morning as the city hall since it's city committee our primary roll has phenomenon streld a relationship between san francisco and seoul and we reenergies those with the mayor last year and today mayors park to san francisco confirms his commitment and san francisco has been a gateway city between korea and the united states and given the recent agreement and the program we expect an increase in tourm and buzz investment and a exchange of culture in san francisco san francisco a mechanic can have innovation from creativity startups to bio farms that change our lives so san francisco will play an important roll in korean american relationships in years to come the san francisco committee will be celebrating a 4 years anniversary we're planning to celebrate those through competitive events and a creation of a memo book it talked about the 4 years if you are planning on paratransit please consider our committee we hope that mayor park and mayor ed lee will bring moos muc

mike rants are in northern france just waiting for a chance to stowaway to britain. on thursday, migrants stormed security trying to force their way on to a ferry. dan rivers has more. >> reporter: leen is filled with dread each time he nears calais. he's securing his truck the best he can. but as i'm about to find out, these defenses will be tested in broad daylight by desperate migrants trying to get into britain. >> sometimes it's more like a war zone than what calais used to be. if you get into calais or park anywhere in calais, 99% sure that you'll get the immigrants in your trailer. >> he takes us down a notorious back road, diesel alley, linds with migrants who are desperate do get into britain. like this man in red who tests lee's defenses as we slow down at the traffic lights. >> the migrants might think it's funny, but drivers like lee face a 2,000 pound fine for each stow-away found in their vehicle. thankfully this time, lee's padlocks keep them out. >> each time a truck approaches calais, they're running a gauntlet with hundreds of migrants trying to break into the trucks. the drivers now try to avoid stopping at all within three hours of the port. >> but even when they

lee where. all the reflex. >> we got a pretty bad bruise on his rear end. >> huge forehand. he wound up from 10 feet away an crushed mikeabout five -- >> you got the communication between the partners. it's a precise game. you have to return for the alleys, all the strategy. i think you get better at doubles later on. some of these guys in the top ten are 40 years old. because you have to get the intricacies of the poaching. the line, so much, like chess, basically. and singles is kind of like checkers. >> yeah. >> they say that you guys at least will go to the olympics. >> that's our goal. we're having fun. we've got a great gig. what we do is a blast. we're traveling the world together. going to places where the sun is always shining. making a pretty good living doing it. >> rose: yes, you are. >> and we're competitors. we hate to lose and it's fun to work hard and hold the trophy up. >> rose: but you live in different cities, don't you. >> yeah, we do. we used to live together for all these years then bob got married, moved away. we had a minidivorce. >> we had one big bank account, when to split it down the middle.

lee greenblatt.com. and on if there's an e-mail, he would have and you can pick all of them, one of them, whatever you want. some of them resonate with others. as you mentioned mike walls can hit home for you whatever it is, reach out to the skies and ensure they will talk with folks and me with an organization that sort of thing. spin that's cool but i didn't know that aspect, the ability to engage with not characters but you can kind of use that phrase, the folks that you highlight. i would also answer your question by saying look to your own community. i am from a small town in minnesota, dozens and dozens of guys and gals from that town have gone on and do incredible things. find a way to audit in a small ceremony in their hometown where they never get honor. whatever it is, i think that our small subtle ways that we miss. this is a big way to do, which hopefully is the inspiration for small ways so you can highlight families and veterans. >> i'm david and i'm also here at heritage. i've read a few books like lone survivor and hard in the fifth and things like that ended up in a talk about their efforts coming back here at home. we hear the news a lot about h

columnist and author of books for young adults. 17th fantasy lee, about a guru who reaches national fame when an owner starts taking his advice. mikeantasy to be fan? do you participate? >> my general manager is my son. i'm hoping things go well that we don't sister to make some changes. >> my chief competitor is my oldest. i might need your help. charlie is 12-years-old. he really makes a splash him tell me about him. >> his best friend is the grand.of the elderly man in the league. he starts making a couple of suggestion, which she passes on to her grandfather. one of them is about an ageing quarterback. it turns around the fortunes of the team. until the world find out that a 12-year-old boy has been defacto general. by the way the heart of this book is this. kids know more about this stuff. >> absolutely. >> every kid will think, i can do that. >> your books are great. you weave messages, there is a page there about second chances for that aging quarterback. also, there is this great theme in this fwhook you don't have to be physically talented to be talented at sports and charlie is that kid. >> matt, we talked a lot in my boo

mike. more local news in a half hour. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefellern. how much fun is jimmy fallon having? >> nothing he can't do. nothing he can't do. >> first of all -- >> can he juggle? >> i bet you he can. barbra streisand has not been on a late night show in 50 years. >> i would have never guessed that. >> carson, i think, was her last. >> wow. 1963. >> jimmy fallon brought her in, and she was -- >> she has a new album out called "partners". >> everything is a duet. >> everything is a duet. she's not doing any concert work with it because everybody is either past, like elvis presley, or all so busy because they're all such great musicians. >> billy joel, billy richey, john mayor. what was fun about this was they took the duet idea, and like only jimmy fallon can, he sang the duets with barbra streisand. he sang as elvis presley, blake shelton and michael buble. take a look. ♪ love me tender love me true ♪ ♪ all my dreams fulfilled ♪ >> don't touch. >> okay. i know, i know. i'm sorry. ♪ oh, my darling i love you ♪ ♪ and i always will ♪ ♪ you know

mike. we'll be back with another local news gupdate in about half an hour. see you then. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie leend. looks like it is going to be glorious here in the -- >> gorgeous. >> in the tristate area. >> i hope it is for you too. september 19th. >> okay. >> and welcome. so if you have gone to a wedding this weekend or just out to dinner, if somebody -- >> pointing at me. >> -- because i always have it. some people's teeth never get anything in it. they can eat all day long and no nooks and crannies. >> if you're sitting with somebody and they had something stuck in their teeth, this is a question from the social qs column at "the new york times," should you tell them, hey, you have a little something right there. so the question is should you or shouldn't you? >> how it happened is a student wrote to philip to say he believes you should always say something, but his teacher disagrees and said no. he asked philip and philip said, yes, tell them. >> you always tell. >> you know why, i would want someone to tell me. >> yeah. >> i mean, do unto others as you would have others do unto you. if i

mike. 880 north started clearing out in the last five minutes or so. see you in 25 minutes with another update. >>> from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee giffordecond. first of all, kudos to my hoda woman. her music video, it was -- there was so much reaction to it, truly brave, that the whole site just -- >> crowd rise. >> crowd rise. >> it crashed. it crashed. so we don't know -- hopefully -- please keep trying, everybody. such a worthy cause. >> go to crowdrise.com and slash hoda with my name. and give 5 bucks or 10 bucks. all for kids with pediatric cancer and thanks to sarah bareilles and cyndi lauper. >> if you missed it yesterday, go to klgandhoda.com and press the connect button and watch it again. you're goi ing to want to give more than $5. and the children are so precious and they got on the bus to go back to philadelphia and with such joy. just meant the world to them. and, hoda, i never truly -- never been more proud of you. you put your heart and soul into it and it showed in every second of that video. so, anyway -- >> thank you. >> you're welcome! >> big show today. "revenge" star emily van camp. >> not what she seems to be. >>