coleman on how this would impact the fight from isis and from fred ginsburg on the impact and molly o'toole and retired navy commander chris harmer. and peter zion on the broader regional implications and nbc news reporters covering this on the hill from the white house and inside of the war zone. that is where we start in jordan, which has ramgped up the -- ramped up the fight against isis suns one of their pilots were killed there. here we are with keir simmons. >> as the authorization gets discussed over in washington here in jordan they have been stepping up the air campaign. there is talk of moving thousands of military to the border to ensure they secure that border. at the same time those with knowledge of the security situation in this region suggest to me that many of the parties that would be involved with the ground defensive against isis are not prepared yet. for example, in baghdad, forces there and the kurdish peshmerga, meanwhile the sunni tribes toward this side of iraq it appears are still in the process of being trained or getting trained for that kind of an operation. and

kate dawson former south carolina gop chair, molly o'toole, politics reporter for defense one and julian zelzer professor at princeton university and author of "the fierce urgency of now, lyndon johnson, congress and the battle for the great society." thank you all for joining us today. marcus, i want to start with you because the public appears to be in favor of the president's actions against isis. does the financial cost factor into public opinion on war? >> it will. it does it does. historically it has. in this case of course -- >> should it? >> without a doubt the most tragic cost of any war is loss of human life on both sides. certainly i think americans feel it keenly, certainly americans whose families serve feel it keeny. one problem fortunately or unfortunately is more and more american families don't have a service member in their family so i think fewer and fewer of us are attuned to those costs, but those are the most tragic costs. economically speaking the american public generally supports a war. as far as from an economic point of view as long as we're in good economic ti

also with us molly o'toole. great to have you both with us.your line of work know this poll shift was on the horizon? was there much conversation about it? it just came out and didn't seem like anybody knew this would happen. >> as for the media announcement, it comes as a surprise to some. i can't believe the "washington post" got the job on it. not by long. this conversation around the sale of drones has been going on from two perspectives. from the business community, a lot of production of armed drones from this technology goes on in the united states. they're complaining they don't have access to the market because of the regulations and then politically with the ramp up in the fight against islamic state. to get more involved. there have been requests previously denied for both armed and unarmed drone technology. for example, jordan earlier, who is a crucial ally in the fight against islamic state had maze a request for unarmed predator drones for surveillance and that was denied. i think the announcement came as a surprise. >> professor