was dropping food and water supplies in northeastern iraq.e have been seeing isis militant driving tens of thousands of iraqi christians and other minorities to flee their homes to my leaving in the choice between a religious conversion or slaughter. -- to flee their homes, leaving them the choice between religious conversion or slaughter. very strong comments there from the u.s. president, and he also said america is coming to help. this returns the united states to a significant battlefield role for the first time since the last american soldiers left the country in 2011. >> and the stories being covered quite a lot here in france as well. >> yes, you can see here it says "exit us" with a picture of a picture of iraqi christians forced to flee their home. this is an emerging -- an emergency situation. it is crucial for them to fight against isis militant, but also important for the international community to help as well, to stop what could be a genocide situation. the huffington post, the french persian, is focusing on the comments of the

erbil, capital of kurdistan in northeastern iraq. all coming after the u.s.ilitary dropped food and water last night to thousands of religious authorities escaped to a mountain top due to threats of being killed by the isis militants who have taken oesh over a large swath of the territory. just last hour nbc military analyst general barry mccaffrey was extremely critical of what he saw as a weak approach by the white house. >> last night three aircraft dropped food and water to 50,000 refugees. today we had two navy aircraft drop four bombs. you know, this is not decisive use of military power. we're not on the ground in the area. i don't think we know what we're doing. >> not the harshest things he said, you know, you conducted the interview. >> yeah. obviously a lot of discussion on twitter how generals in some people's view want to see boots on the ground by default. he was at least critical the major policy outlines are not well drawn. michelle? >> i think that's his point. what exactly are we trying to achieve at this point? one of the unanswered questio

." >> president obama ordered limited air strikes against militants in northeastern iraq on thursday. it was in response to a potential genocide for strikes to achieve their initial goal of liberating 20,000 refugees who are trapped. the iraqi president named a replacement for the prime minister. he's the deputy speaker of the parliament. to step downd accusing the president of acting unconstitutionally. obama addressed the situation earlier today and here is what he said. >> of this new leadership has to regain the confidence by governing inclusively and taking steps to demonstrate its resolve. united states stands ready to support a government that addresses the needs and grievances of all iraqi people . we are ready to work with other countries in the region to deal with the humanitarian crisis and challenges in iraq. mobilizing that support will be easier once the government is in place. >> is joining me is jeffrey goldberg, the authoring, must of bloomberg news. and peter baker, white house correspondent for the you new york times. the head of new york news programming. let me be

>>> top stories on al jazeera, shiite militia group has opened fire inside a sunni mosque in northeastern iraqg dozens. it happened in a province near where kurdish forces have pushed back islamic state fighters. >>> gaza security officials say they have executed 17 suspected israeli collaborators on friday. this comes as two more palestinians died in central gaza on friday morning. and the un is warning that the situation for children in the strip is dire. >>> the russian aid convoy held up for days in customs has made its way into eastern ukraine without permission of the government apparently. >>> the united states says the islamic state group is unlike anything it has ever seen. defense secretary chuck hagel is warning that the fight against the group which has taken over part of iraq and syria will be a very long one. >> reporter: after the murder of the u.s. journalist james foley, officials at the pentagon, say foley's killers, the islamic state group now are a major security threat to the united states. >> they marry ideology, sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess,

important victory against isis, saying they've ended the terrorist six-week siege of a town in northeastern iraqir strikes and a-drops also helping turn the tide there. this as australia now says it will arm kurdish fighters. joining an international coalition that includes the u.s., britain and canada. >>> just hours from now at the atlanta motor speedway, driver tony stewart will make his official return to nas cac, three weeks after he was involved in that fatal crash that killed driver kevin ward jr. when he got out of his car. there is still no word on whether stewart will be charge odd that incident. authorities say the investigation will last at least two more weeks. i'm eric shawn. we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour at 12:00 eastern time. now back to sunday morning futures and maria. >>> welcome back. isis has made it clear=[ it wan to expand and maintain its islamic faith. it has seized large parts of iraq and syria. what should be our military response? i want to bring in our panel, ed rollins, a long time strategist to business and political leaders. he's a fox news p

you have some religious minorities who are basically trapped on a mountain in northeastern iraq beingission dana bash said was completed by the united states dropping some relief supplies to those groups. but there is also now concern about arbil in kurtish controlled iraq. explain what is going on. >> you have a couple immediate threats and a longer-term threat. 40,000 some, hold up on a mountain top surrounded by isis under threat of a massacre, and then at the same time, you have a number of american personnel in arbil and kurtish controlled areas and the irony of irony, many of these staff were evacuated from baghdad some weeks ago when baghdad was under threat to go to arbil at the time was presumably safer. they are under threat as isis advances. those are immediate threats. you have a broader threat, over the last several weeks, isis has been gaining more ground across iraq and has a great foothold in syria but gaining ground across iraq. forces have not been able to push back or really to keep it from advancing, let alone push it back and gain some of that territory back. thos

isis captured cities spanning from nor northwestern sere yoo and northeastern iraq. they took fallujah in central iraq. that development had a unique significance for the united states not because fallujah is one of iraq's largest cities, 40 miles from its capital of baghdad, but because fallujah was the site of one of the most hard fought and deadliest battles for u.s. troops during the iraq war. isis captured oil fields in both syria and iraq which they've used to fund their operations. they have reportedly captured saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit, bragged online that they staged a mass execution there. but perhaps one of their most valuable gains so far has been iraq's second largest city, mosul. mosul, the iraqi military tried and failed to fend off isis. and after a two-day battle, isis won control of the city. which was notable not just because of mosul's size, but also because of its location in a strategic spot that links iraq and turkey and syria. and tonight, it is the plight of the city called sinjar in iraq, located roughly 80 miles west of mosul. it's

announced last week a heightened level of emergency for northeastern iraq. >> we're not just getting materials we already have in stock but are bringing them from around the world. >> reporter: the tents will shelter 20,000 people, just a fraction of the estimated 1.25 million iraqis who fled into the kurd, region since the self proclaimed islamic state began its onslowght eight months ago. yesterday a bruting wind ripped through the camp near iraqi-kurdistan's border with syria. this camp was empty two weeks ago, before i.s. attacked members of the minority yazidi religious community in the town of sinjar, and they raced for refuge on sinjar mountain. u.s airstrikes and kurdish forces helped thousands escape to sun-scorched sanctuary here. we accompanied dr. syed jaffer hussein, iraq country director for the u.n.'s world health organization, as he made his rounds through the camp. >> i think this is one of the extremely complex i.d.p crises at least i have witness not only in the region but beyond. not only the number but also the fast pace it happened, taking the u.n. and the gover

isis has captured many cities spanning from northwestern syria to northeastern iraq. back in january they took fallujah in central iraq that had a unique significance for the united states, not just because fallujah is one of iraq's largest cities. only about 40 miles from its capital of baghdad. but also because fallujah was the site of one of the most hard fought and deadliest battles for u.s. troops during the iraq war. isis has captured oil fields in both syria and iraq, which they have used to fund their operations. they have reportedly captured saddam hussein's hometown of tikrit. they bragged online that they staged a mass execution there. but perhaps one of the their most valuable gains so far has been iraq's second largest city, mosul. in mosul, the iraqi military tried and failed to off. it is notable because of its size and location in a strategic spot that links iraq and turkey and syria. and tonight it is the plight of a city called sinjar in iraq that is located roughly 80 miles west of mosul. it's the plight of that city that is causing the united states

. >> rose: president obama ordered limited air strikes against isis militants in northeastern iraq on thursday. the action was in response to what he called a potential genocide. the strikes have achieved their initial goal of liberating 20,000 yazidi refugees in the sinjar mountains. >> the deputy speaker of the parliament replacement for maliki is al-abadi but he refused to step down accuse the president of acting unconstitutionally. president obama addressed the situation earlier today and here's what he said. >> this new iraqi leadership has a difficult task. it has to regain the confidence of the citizens by governing inclusively and by taking steps to demonstrate its resolve. the united states stands ready to support a government that addresses the needs and grievances of all iraqi people. we're also ready to work with other countries in the region to deal with the humanitarian crisis and counterterrorism challenge in iraq. mobilizing that support will be easier once this new government is in place. >> rose: joining me now from washington d.c. is jeffrey goldberg, an author and

that the united states is striking isis in iraq, a lot of people are asking is this strategy going to work? moments ago we learned that usair strikes in northeastern mosul killed at least 16 isis militants. this is just what we're getting now from health and civil defense officials there in iraq. earlier the president said this problem in iraq will not likely be solved in a matter of weeks but reiterated no u.s. combat troops will join the fight. it's a cautious policy that's come under fire from some republicans as well as foreign policy and military experts and some democrats as well, and it's not the first time the administration has been criticized for lacking a strategic vision for countering isis. joining me to discuss, cnn military analyst colonel rick francona with me here in new york, and in orlando retired army lieutenant general and former commanding general for u.s. army europe and 7th army mark curtling. gentlemen, welcome. we ale get to you, general, in a moment, but first colonel, when we talk about strategy, and we cannot crawl into president barack obama's head, but when you heard him this morning and we know thus far what the u.s

fighting against the militants on the ground are soldiers from kurdistan, an autonomous region in northeastern iraq. many of them were trained by the u.s. military. but this week they were forced to retreat. they hope the american air strikes will allow them to regroup and then push back against the militants. in its new offensive, isis is targeting iraq's religious minorities including christians. thousands of them have fled their homes after being given a choice by the extremists. convert to islam, leave, or face death. >> we can't take this anymore, said this christian woman. we don't want to die. we want to live. and we don't want them to take our land. that's our right. the iraqi government says hundreds of young women from en captured by isis and are now being held by the militants in the city of mosul. vinita? >> holly williams. thank you. >>> president obama spoke about why he authorized the two operations in iraq. >> the united states cannot and should not intervene every time there's a crisis in the world, but when there's a situation like this on the mountain when countless face a massac

several vehicles and is part of an islamic state group convoy looking to attack kurdish forces in northeastern iraqa city. it was one of the series of hits against islamic militants in the past few days. we will get the latest on the situation in iraq. that is scheduled for 2:30 eastern. you'll see it live here on c-span. the american institute of certified accountants is kicking off a two-day conference in washington. here on c-span we will have live coverage of several panel discussions, including the role of the inspector general. at 2:50, senior leaders from the office of budget and management will talk about key financial issues and future challenges. live on c-span. it starts at 2:50 eastern. break,ongress is on c-span's time features a wide range of local views and topics. this week a debate on america's -- we visitedany the atlanta press club and we take a tour of the civil war. monday through friday 8 p.m. eastern. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. us.can e-mail join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> incumbent democratic senator ma

there have been air strikes now in northeastern iraq. >> we knew it a responsibility when the presidentt is reality. jim cramer is standing by, and, jim, a wild ride since he heard about this last night with the futures down a hundred turning around now. what dupg now? >> everything's russia. iraq is a side show, not orvel if you're on that mountain. we're in an august 1990 period where we hear of negotiations with the iraqis -- of course, a different regime, and that's where we are, futures down 12.5, and then up, and everything is somebody saying, merkel has to come from merkel, not the president, and someone has good information, turns out not to be good information. we're in rumor-central trading. you have to be careful. no one knows what's happening. >> jim, to your point, we think that turned things around this morning. >> yeah, sure. >> the idea that russia would sit down and have talks, that's when we had positive territory this morning. >> yeah, look, the united states did a fly by. remember, we flew over iraq for years before the war, and we know every single inch of it. let's

the kurdistan region is the red and white striped area in the northeastern part of iraq. that region is made up of a couple of different provinces of iraq. what are the components? divided into four countries, the region. iraq, iran, syria, and turkey. iraq,rdistan region of the region that i represent, is -- consisting of three major provinces. when isis mcginn, the pesce when forces were able -- isis moved in, the pesce mirta forces were able to keep them away. and the size of iraqi kurdistan is about 31,000 square miles. it's about the size of south carolina. a population of about 3.8 million people. it has its own parliamentary democracy there. call frome steve's chicago, illinois. good morning. to make a would like guest. to the great we all know that the kurds are america.nds in we know this. they have fought for us in all the wars. that we've had over there. and what i want to say is one simple thing. from chicago, illinois. -- and iace the kurds just wish -- i have one question. are the kurds getting the armament, the serious, i mean, the real military armament th

if something starts to work against them in northern iraq, they can surge in eastern iraq or in northeastern syria. we have seen them do this over the course of the last few weeks. one of the challenges is affecting isis throughout its depths at such a time that it actually disrupted their campaign planning and their flexibility. one of the opportunities we also have, as you mentioned, is to affect isis on both sides of the iraq/syria border. it could potentially be an assumption of isis going in that the united states and international community is more likely to become engaged in iraq than in syria and if that planning assumption were to fail, if they were to face air strikes also in syria, that presents a significant opportunity. >> now, as it moves back and forth between this basically nonexistent border between iraq and syria, were we to strike on one side or another, would targets become open, would supply lines become open for us to hit? >> i believe so, yes. some of the most critical supply lines for isis cross the desert, but because they have control of the roads, they're most like

the kurdistan regional government, it's that area in the red and white striped area in the northeastern part of iraqthere. before steve goes, that region made up of a couple different parts, provinces of iraq. what are the components of the kurdistan region? >> guest: sure. so greater kurdistan, obviously, it's divided into four countries, iraq, iran, syria and turkey. this is, kurdistan's the large -- kurds are the largest population, ethnicity in the world without its own state. the kurdistan region of iraq, the region that i represent is, obviously, consisting of three major provinces, and when isis tried to take over the fourth proives, kirkuk, the forces moved in and were able to control it before isis got to them. you've got the province that has been receiving the at least -- 1.2 million idps and refugees. you've got the capital city which is irbil and the second largest city in the region. >> host: and for mona, the size of iraqi kurdistan is about the size of south carolina. population about 3.8 million people and has its own parliamentary i democracy there. now we'll get to steve's call fr

people kind of assumed that this is a local problem, first it was in northeastern syria and this it spread back foo iraq and started in iraq about five, seven years ago but people always thought it would be a self-contained problem but then it got scarier to a lot of people and the iraqi government which should take the lead couldn't do so and that's why i think things took so long. >> well, we'll wait to see if this new leader can unify the country. you know, we've had libya and egypt and syria all implode in the past few years and now it's happening to iraq. is iraq any kind of special case? is there anything particular that makes it more of a daunting task for iraq to unify? >> well, every arab country is facing similar challenges of constitutional reform, inclusive governance, pluralistic democratic systems of rule of some sort. iraq is a little bit different in the sense that it has a large kurdish minority and the curds are a distinct nation. they're not arabs. they have their own language. they have their own culture, their own tradition and very clearly defined territory. so that's one of the th

iraq? >> well, they certainly have loose control over much of the northeastern part, everything between the regime and the kurds with occasional smatterings of free syrian army, controlled areas, and islamic front controlled areas. but in shot, they have some contiguous territory in syria that ajoins that that they control in iraq. >> sreenivasan: what are some of the options here for the u.s.? air strikes have been considered. we're hearing conversations of trying to ask congress for the authorization of unlimited uses of force. >> i think as the administration looks at the problem as a whole, the isis threat in both iraq and syria, you start to realize that if you only attack them in iraq and leave them a safe haif nen syria, that's just not going to work. you know, we have precedence for this. the taliban and haqqanis having their safe haven in pakistan, and going back further the viet cong with safe havens in cambodia. you leave them a place where they can rest and be safe, your chance of success are very slim. >> sreenivasan: yesterday ben rhodes made the quote, we're not going to be r

iraq. in the middle east. and two civilians have been killed in northeastern lebanon the syrian rebels clashed with the army thirteen security force members were taken hostage by the militants. militias have attacked several military checkpoints on the border as they try to release a fighter held by the lebanese army. and heavy rain to blast southern europe bringing areas and a handful of countries to a standstill in northern italy at least four were killed and more than twenty injured when a flash flood tore through a festival two people have drowned in bulgaria more than nine hundred from their homes when a river burst its banks and floods have paralyzed the turkish city of istanbul backing up traffic across the city. next to a chance to get a look behind the scenes at how we get the latest news to you here on holiday the latest episode of news team is coming up in just a few minutes stay with us. a few weeks ago we discussed detroit's plans to shut off water to those who can't pay their bills logically one of basic human assess that he could get taken away some protesters gathered to give their opinion on the iss

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northeastern syria, the government's last stronghold in the area. lawmakers here continue to express outrage over the execution of american journalist iraq's foreign minister called for international help in its battle against i.s.i.s. lawmakers here continue to express outrage over the cs to attack inside the u.s. >> they've expressed a will here at the home land. that's partly of their agenda to drive us out of the mideast. if our ground forces tell us that we need forces to defeat i.s.i.s, so be it. >> we have to begin with the presumption that there could be such a threat but to jump from what they've done which is horrific particularly the murder of mr. foley to the assumption that they're going to be an immediate and within days threat to us here in our home land i think you don't jump to that assumption. >> britain's ambassador to the united states says his country is close to identifying the man seen on the video at james foley's execution. >> there are sophisticated voice technologies to be sure who this person is before very long. >> home town of rochester new hampshire. >> it seems to be pace of change here in the u.s. attitude and involvement i

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northeastern city. it also posted a video which shows captured kurdish soldiers in iraq wearing orange jump suits just like journalist jim foley was wearing when he was beheaded. the video shows three masked men appearing to decapitate a man in front of a mosque in mosul. cnn cannot independently verify the claims or authenticity of the video. there's a lot of reports that has been building that the u.s. may soon go after isis with air strikes in searia, the terror group's home base. today president obama flat out said he doesn't have a solid plan on that yet. >> as i said, rooting out a cancer like isil will not be quick or easy, but i'm confident that we can and we will working closy with our allies and our partners. i do think it will be important for congress to weigh in or that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> the white house later made a point of saying that president obama was only talking about a potential military plan for syria, not his overall

captured a major airbase in the northeastern province and gained full control of an entire province for the first time since syria's civil war. setbacks in neighboring iraq because of the airstrikes have succe succeeded in pushing them back. donald is on the phone from st. augustine, florida. >> caller: i had a comment about the negative feedback we get from congress and senators mccain on whatever the president does. he is aware of the, you know, the intelligence that is coming from those areas probably more than those two senators and what frustrates me is like a few weeks ago when the president was rescuing the people from the mountain and they came out and said you should not reveal your strategy. and now they turned it around this weekend and are demanding he lay out this policy for them. ... . it's just kind of silly how the politics are in this. now is the time as a cup tremendous we need to stand together and not attack our own president. especially after he's been threatened directly by the enemy. it seems that these guys are acti acting treasonist to me. i just wish we had more solidarity. next is a viewer from texas. good morning. as the presi

first focus is on the isis terror threat in syria and iraq and how congress and the president will con front it. the takeover of an air base in northeastern syria, one graphic image which we're not showing, appears to show masked gunmen shooting several men kneeling on the ground. a law enforcement official tells nbc news, it appears likely a second u.s. born citizen was killed fighting with isis terrorists in syria last weekend. the administration has confirmed douglas mcarthur mccain, was the first american killed fighting for the isis cause. american journalist steven sotlov who -- sotlov's mother made a direct emotional appeal to the isis leader. >> as a mother, i ask the justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. i asked you to use your authority to spare his life and to follow the example set by the profit mohammed who protected people of the book. >> it's against this backdrop that has president obama weighing what to expand the u.s. air strike campaign to islamic targets in syria. urging him to have congress vote on whether to give the president authorizization to expand the military mission.

iraq he forces. what happened over about five days of fighting in the northeastern part of syria was these militants were able to not only overtake one of the largest military bases the syrian forces hold, but also gain complete control over province. this is the largest robbins to be taken outside the control of assad and his government forces. the complexity u.s. officials are facing as they look at how to do with the islamic state. there is a real chance that airstrikes are expanded from not just iraq but into syria. if you are doing something like that, you are actually going out and helping assad, the individual the president stated two or three years ago must step down and go away. a lot of complex issues here. is fact the islamic state continuing to make major gains in syria only complicates the process that u.s. officials are having to deal with. >> not just in syria. i believe they took over an airport in libya as well. looks like they are putting up a window across the board here. let's move to france. president francois hollande was asked to form a new government. latest oning you the tha

military stronghold in northeastern syria, and with it dozens of war planes, helicopters, tanks, and heavy artillery. isis now controls about 35,000 square miles of land in iraq and syria. that is an area the size of indiana, for perspective. as the pentagon weighs possible air strikes in syria, president assad's foreign minister says any air raid without their approval would be considered an act of hostile aggression. but the white house says assad is part of the problem. all this as congress faces debate on president obama's $. 5 billion request to arm rebels. and u.s. inaction in syria would lead to the rise of extremists. president obama is back at the white house today. so is nbc's peter alexander. peter, a ton is obviously on the president's plate right now. so what is the white house's line right now on isis? >> yeah, that conversation with chuck hagel to happen this afternoon as well. there's new urgency in that conversation, obviously, given the recent events. you talked about the size of indiana, that swath of that region that is now run basically operated by isis. they expanded their reach over the weekend into northern syria, taking over a syrian

standing back in a power bat -- a vacuum iraq will be enhanced enhanced devices and iran in split between isis in iran. the kurds will have a hold out area in the northeastern part of the country under siege and they may not make it. they may not make it. the iranians will control the southern part of the country isis the north in and the west. that will become the new afghanistan launch for terrorism around the world. you will have attacks from jihadis with european passports american passports coming back to this country in europe. you will have attacks all across the world by individuals who are virtually untraceable. you will have muslim communities that david spoke of this on campuses in the united states. you will have muslim communities across the world rising up and claiming their right to justice for their communities. and it will get progressively worse. you have to come up in front of the microphone. >> could you also comment on turkey and the future of turkey with respect to all of this and what happens to israel given the ages -- anti-israeli u.s. leader today. >> turkey was a tremendous powerful and strong u.s. ally up until 2009. a member of