does the pentagon have a greater role in that effort. and train and assist mission in iraq eventually presumably would be part of that kind of strategy. >> if i tried to answer that question in every aspect that you are asking, you are basically asking me to lay it all out right here in the press conference, and i'm sure you would appreciate that, and it would make your jobs a lot easier, and mine pretty much no non-existent. [ laughter ] >> the president said this is really about degrading isil ability to operate and to continue to conduct the brutal violence they have been doing inside iraq and the threat that they pose to the region, so if you take it from that perspective that that's where you are going, there are many ways to do that. not all are military. but some of the military ways you can do that is the way we're doing inside of iraq right now. which is through the use of air strikes, you can certainly hit them. and we have been. and you know -- i would tell you we're hitting what we're aiming at inside iraq, and we know that i

at the pentagon briefing, rear admiral john kirby, president secretary, said the pentagon is ready. so there is a disconnect, not only between the president and defense secretary but it seems the white house and pentagon. i tried once again to go back to josh earnest, ask for clarification of that comment, does the president regret it. >> he was asked a specific question about whether or not the president would seek congressional authorization before ordering any sort of military action in syria. and the point the president made was that that's putting the cart before the horse. the president hasn't yet laid out a specific plan for military action in syria. and the reason for that is simply that the pentagon is still developing that plan. >> i later on asked, brooke, whether or not there's debate inside the administration about whether or not to hit isis in syria. press secretary josh earnest said i wouldn't describe it that way but wouldn't deny it. >> to jim's point, gloria, the president cautious, but to this notion of no strategy, that elicits a lot of whoa. where do you stand o

pentagon's role here in developing that strategy. presumably, the secretary's going to talk about this in turkey and nato with the partners. so talk a little bit about the way ahead. what are the plans you're looking at? what do you hope to achieve? talk about, you know, training moderate rebels. there's talk of the pentagon having a greater role in that effort. and training in assist mission in iraq eventually. would that be part of the strategy? >> if i try to answer that question in every aspect as you asked it, i'd be basically -- you've asked me to lay it all out in a press conference. i'm sure you guys would greatly appreciate that and would make your jobs a lot easier and mine pretty much nonexistent. i i'm, i think the way i would think about this, tom, and the president said this pretty well yesterday, that this is really about degrading isil's capability to operate and to continue to conduct the sort of brutal violence that they have been doing inside iraq and the threat that they pose to the region. so if you take it from

>> yes. >> pentagon spokesman today about what is the dink between what the pentagon is saying and behind-the-scenese administration. back to our panel. steve i had a conversation with a couple of people who said they have specific plans up the chain. they just haven't moved on any. >> they haven't -- i think they haven't been asked to present the specific military plans to the president, to the white house and i think that's a huge problem. you saw there the pause that told everything. obviously the white house and the pentagon are not on the same page. what's interesting to me is that the white house would have us believe that there are no plans. that these plans don't exist despite the fact that we've been at war one iraq for more than a decade, we've been looking at the possibility of u.s. military engagement in syria for three years. the white house would have the country believe that the pentagon and planners have been doing nothing in that time. it's a preposterous claim. an offensive suggestion i would think to the military men and women who are involved in that planning and one would hope t

let's get to doug mckelway at the pentagon.is going to be part of a pattern here for the foreseeable future, right? >> no. absolutely. the report this morning of that just one airstrike by two f-18s, launching two 500-pound bombs would be too little of a pinprick. this will be an ongoing process and i think we heard from the pentagon this morning that they will target targets of opportunity. so they're keeping a close eye on this, probably with drones or satellites to find out where these artillery pieces are being kept. they'll take them out as they see them. take out the people who are operating them. as they see them. all of it happening around irbil, which is just a few short miles from this mountain where the yazidis are held up and were the subject of the airdrop last night. this will be an ongoing process. probably more of a pinprick than the president would like to see but this is the world he is stuck in right now. >> let's bring in jonathan hunt, fox news' chief correspondent who is on the news deck. it's hard to figu

you have got the pentagon budget. the president has been calling for cuts in the pentagon budget. if we are ramping up military action that has to change. martha: is this reflective of what we heard from others that there is a risk, the pentagon fees their hand are tied, that they are not being given the leeway they they need to achieve their goal. >> reporter: ben rhoads was asking if isis was a threat to the united states. he kept saying it poses a threat to persons inside iraq. he said we are look at potential threats but did not suggest it was a threat to the up s. homeland. way different than what chuck hagel said. also the white house is treating the savage execution of swim foley as a legal matter. charles krauthammer with an historical analogy he this makes no sense. >> it's ridiculous of going back to the pre-9/11 paradigm of treating acts of terror as criminal matters. it's as if fdr were to announce we are going track down the pilots who bombed us in pearl harbor. >> reporter: the attorney general promised foley's killers will be held sphonlt one way or another. martha:

this is the pentagon briefing.seeing rear admiral john kirby who is the pentagon spokesperson. he started off by way saying he would reiterate the pentagon briefing yesterday led by defense secretary chuck hagel. we're getting a piece of information and it is a area of the world charles payne said we need to watch out or. a chinese plane conduct ad rollover right next to a u.s. p-8 over international waters, about 135 miles east of hanan. in international waters. it was a significant event, admiral kirby said, it was very unprofessional and unsafer. their wingtips were 20 feet apart. that is new bit of information. we'll toggle to iraq. andrea, what are your thoughts? we didn't learn a lot of information out of that we didn't already know. we did point to one thing, seemed that the white house and pentagon maybe need a come together lunch meeting. >> again, as i said earlier in the show, they're just not on the same page. i mean when i heard the admiral say we don't telegraph our punches, i'm sure you don't, admira

for the pentagon. in the first place, they say mr. ford's views on national defense are like those of mr. nixon. they point out mr. ford is well grounded in defense matters. for many years, he was a member of the defense subcommittee. it was while he served in the house of representatives that he became very good friends with former secretary of defense layered. laird. mr. ford is well-versed on defense matters and is up to speed, you might say, on what is going on. he gets regular briefings for members of the national security council staff. ford seem tot recall that james lessons are simply did not have the political expertise to sell the pentagon programs on capitol hill. he said at one point that if by some chance he should become president, he would try to find another secretary of defense. esther ford, when he made those remarks, thought they were being made off the record. he was genuinely embarrassed when they showed up in print. he has made a real effort to get to know mr. and your. he talks o

that is the responsibility of the pentagon. there are dedicated professionals there. >> and he can go out and raise campaign money, so i asked last week after james foley's beheading, within minutes he was on the golf course with does he feel like the critics are coming after him, it does not matter anymore? why does he still raise campaign money when he acknowledges this is something he has to deal with? tothe job of the resin is handle responsibilities at the same time. that is why the president has a national security team and he has a lot of confidence in them. it is also why he works closely with his advisers on a range of issues to make sure that he is leading them in the right direction, setting a vision for the future of the country. that is what h allows him to handle responsibilities at the same time. one of his responsibilities is support democratic candidates on the ballot and that is why he's spending a little bit of time supporting the efforts. there is no doubt that anybody understands that he is devoting more ti

that's been announced by the pentagon. there was an open ended without a number of troops operations notification sent to the congress two days ago and we know 130 people went. and we know we have ospreys that fly like a plane and land like a helicopter. if one of those went down, are we then in come about position? >> we have not set up an air base in northern iraq. the very small number of troops that were put into northern iraq as the president said, many of them are going to be leaving and they're leaving on the ospreys. they were largely marines. so i don't think there will be any persistent necessary air element in the north. that said we have helicopters down at the baghdad airport that remain there to provide security assistance to the embassy but this is a very limited, achievable, dissecrete set of military objections in northern iraq and in and around baghdad. one to protect american personnel and facilities, which half of the airstrikes we conducted have been in regard. and to continue to monitor the humanitari

the news conference comes as the pentagon raises the alarm about the danger isis poses to america. with the daily briefing, admiral john kirby said military cannot be the only option in taking on the terrorist. >> you see the answer to all isil problems through military lens. we are conducting operations inside of iraq against the group in support of iraqis and kurdish forces, but we are not going to be the only tool in the tool box that can or should be used. >> national security correspondent jennifer griffith is live in the pentagon with more. >> reporter: hi, heather, it was clear that admiral tried to blunt the tough talk from the pentagon bosses about the need to do more militarily with isis. >> isil is sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. they are beyond just a terrorist group oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. we must prepare for everything. >> reporter: just a day before today's briefing, the chairman of the joint chiefs indicate that the military needs to be struck inside syria and only conducting air strikes on the iraq side of the bord

that is the responsibility of the pentagon.here are dedicated professionals there, who are responsible and take seriously their responsible. >> go out and raise campaign money? i asked last week made the statement about james foley's beheading within minutes was on the golf course. is he detached, does he feel like critics coming after him, it doesn't matter anymore? why is he still raising campaign money, playing golf when he acknowledges he doesn't have a strategy to deal with this? >> well, ed, the job of any u.s. president is to be able to handle a lot of different responsibilities at the same time. that is why the president has a national security team and whom he has a lot of confidence. it is also why he, you know, works closely with his advisors on a range of issues, to make sure that he is leading them in the right direction, that he is setting a vision for the future of this country. that is what allows him to handle a lot of responsibilities at the same time. one of his responsibility as the head, the head of the par

we're waiting for a pentagon news conference just about one hour from now. defense secretary chuck hagel already issuing a stark new warning, calling isis, an imminent threat much. >> isil is a sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen. they're beyond just a terrorist group. we must prepare for everything and, the only way you do that, you take a cold steely hard look at it and get ready. jon: well the white house and the administration used term isil, most media still call it isis. hagel said all options are on the table to defeat that group as the u.s. steps up airstrikes. meanwhile the parents of rupert murdoched journalist james foley release ad email received from isis. you and your citizens will pay the price of bombings, which will be first the blood of american citizen james foley. he will be executed as a direct result of your transgressions against us. early this week, james foley was barbarically killed. much more on this story to come. jon: we're getting new reaction to allegations the pentagon broke the law by swapping terrori

. >> damage control continues with the pentagon suggesting the president obama's january the missile is a junior varsity team was a correct assessment at the time and it has grown in its capabilities in the past six months. >> they have advanced in capability and we saw the speed with which they gained ground and held ground in northern rock earlier this summer. so it is a constantly changing and fluid situation and the threat continues to grow. >> his answer and rationalization doesn't explain why the administration and our allies allowed the islamic state to develop such deadly capabilities and strengths. adding to the difficulty of defending the president is the fact that he is spending so much time on the golf course these days instead of trying to appear as though he is engaged in dealing effectively with and during a white house press briefing, he tried to defend the chief. >> it's a good way for release and clearing of the mind for a lot of us. i don't think anyone in this room who has been following the president for the past two weeks could deny that he has been deeply engag

what the pentagon did to try to prevent it.what the terrorists demanded to give up their hostage. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg has more. >> though is widely believed some european and other countries pay to get their hostages out of war zones, the state department said the u.s. doesn't negotiate with terrorists. >> one of the main ways isil had been funded throughout this conflict had been from ransom payments that others have paid. we believe just in 2014, that's in the millions of dollars. >> meanwhile, the pentagon released details of an attempt to rescue james foley and other hostages earlier this summer. but the hostages were not in that location. the attorney general and fbi said they would do all they could to track the killer down, and they opened a criminal investigation. >> we'll work with our law enforcement, our intelligence and our military partners to try to bring justice to the foley family, and bring the full force of the united states to bear on these savages. >> reporter: an investigation i

rest assured the leadership in the pentagon understands the threat posed by this group. understand, the threat posed inside iraq. we're gaining every day a better understanding of iraqi security force and kurdish force capability in meeting the threat inside iraq. two threats are important to make. i'm not -- i'm going to make these points. i also know i'm not answering your question. i'm not going to talk about any future planning or future operations. it is important to remind everybody these -- what we are doing in there is in support of iraq. and ultimately this is a fight the iraqi security forces have got to take on. the second point is there's not going to be a purely military solution. when the secretary and the chairman were up here talking to you yesterday, they talked about using all the elements of american power and international influence as well to deal with this. ultimately, the answer's going to be found in good governance. i know that's not -- that doesn't offer everybody, you know, the immediacy they might want to have with dealing with this threat, th

michael thank you so much for being here it's great to be here ok so let's first talk about the pentagon program which really allows this equipment to be shared what is the process by which the pentagon determines which police departments get what they actually don't determine it's a pretty simple process let's say you're a police chief of a small town like roanoke rapids north carolina sixteen thousand people live there all they really have to do is apply online there's a one page form they say we want to end up in the pentagon is able to give away almost twenty thousand rounds from the war zone from iraq and afghanistan if given maybe a thousand so far along with one hundred thousand sold weapons but it's pretty simple process there's not a needs assessment there's very little accountability after they get it and they have to use it with so you mean there's no justification that a police department has to put forward for needing a tank correct so you see towns across the country getting equipment that they actually don't even need for example a small town in georgia getting in boats an

or is it the white house pushing the pentagon along? >> well, i think if you listen to chairman dempsey and secretary hagel on thursday they came out strong. it is very clear it is the pentagon proposing going further. there been a great deal of frustration to my sources that there is no strategy to defeat isis on whole from the white house. these limited strikes in iraq, no one in the pentagon thought they would add up to a strategy to defeat ices is. >> do they feel like they've been playing catch-up? is there an animosity toward the white house? do they think it will take more to knock isiss out since they haven't been able to go after them in the way they wanted to? or is it going to take the same amount of force now as it would have a couple of months ago? >> i think there's a great deal of frustration they've lost time. there were assessments about isis, its capabilities when they were gathering back earlier this year. i've talked intelligence officials who themselves warned the white house, the national security staff about isis,

the pentagon said the jet exposed its belly to the u.s. plane to make a point of showing its weapons. the jet then went back under the plane, before coming alongside the plane, flying wingtip to wingtip, the two aircraft were just 20 feet apart. then the chinese fighter pilot performed a barrel role over the u.s. plane at close range passing at 45 feet. the risky incident is the latest in a series of close encounters between the two countries which are trying to assert their military might in the south china sea. similar fly-byes happened in march, april, and may, all conducted by the same unit of the chinese airforce based on hainan island. but pentagon spokesman john kirby said this week's incident was the most aggressive. >> the message we're sending back to china is that's unacceptable and unhelpful to the military relationship that we would like to have with them. >> reporter: today, the obama administration said it had strong concerns that this incident violated international law. pentagon and state department officials registered fo

pentagon of today's briefing from earlier today. >> thank you, everybody.i want to say something at the outset and then i will get your questions. we are very concerned by the movement of the russian convoy across the grain tossed border. we strongly condemn this action and any action russian forces take that increase tensions. ,ussia should not send vehicles of any kindcargo into ukraine. without kiev's express permission. this is a violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity. russia must remove vehicles and personnel from the territory immediately. failure to do so will result in additional costs and isolation. we're consulting with the red cross and other international partners. as we have more details, what we know, we will certainly do that. ada? >> does the u.s. consider this an invasion? is the u.s. taking any action, calling any counterparts overseas in ukraine or russia? >> it is certainly unauthorized entry into ukraine by this convoy. we are consulting with international partners right now about the next steps. i do not have anything addit

typically we get a pentagon briefer. have they responded?reporter: one interesting thing that's emerging is one of the things the president said yesterday that didn't get as much attention as the no strategy comment is that he said one of the delays, if you will, one of the reasons why he doesn't have a plan to present to the american people and congress for authorization he said is that the pentagon hasn't finished their work, he's still waiting on them to put these plans together. admiral john kirby did have a briefing today and said look the u.s. military is always ready. we're always putting together plans and when the commander-in-chief says go we'll be ready with plan. i don't want to overplay that but there seems there's a little bit of a rift don't forget who runs the pentagon, chuck hagel who a week ago said isis is a bigger threat than al qaeda pre-9/11. so is the president not on the same page with his cabinet. he insisted they are singing from the song sheet. it seems interesting the president blaming the military, the pentagon f

with us from the pentagon.hank you. i want to continue the discussion on the couch. we have gotten another update from the white house press briefing going on right now saying no decision has been made on exactly how to rescue them. 130 advisors, based on everything you have just heard, what is your reaction? >> i am not surprised, to me this is based on the news cycle. president obama is trying to avoid a headline, and that headline is "obama fiddles while women and children died at the hands of isis. as jennifer pointed out, there are two separate issues here. the humanitarian issue, and eradicating isis. i don't think the white house has a clear strategy on both. if the mission is to save christians, we are a little late on that. even when the u.s. army was in iraq under the bush administration and the obama administration, which i think is a pretty disgraceful legacy. it is not going to make a big difference when you listen to the ethnic cleansing that has already happened. we need to go in, we need to flat

one thing about the pentagon papers, had nothing to do with nixon. they were all about lyndon johnson. you know, it's an odd relationship he has with johnson. he can't stand the kennedys. it comes bursting through the book. i would always say there's gemousy towards the kennedys. at one point, nixon said they say he had courage and he was well read, that he was a beat man, and that he had, you know, was a philosopher. this is bunk. i knew jack kennedy. he's none of these things. but then he pivots and says itself to know known for guts and courage. kissinger says, well, sir, i know you're known for competence. he said i want guts, can't we get one thing across to the american people? guts! but he liked lyndon johnson, and he very much worried that these pentagon papers were going to tell secrets of our state, they were going to tell secrets of what's going on in vietnam, and it was going to enrage the anti-war movement, which was already hot under the collar. so he tried to sequester the pentagon papers, of course, loses those battles, but nixon admi

want to bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. this has to be a huge question among many of the media troops right now. just how safe has this operation been and just how possible might it be for further operations, a broader operation against the rest of the isis force, barbara? >> at this point, what we are hearing from the pentagon and from the administration is exactly what admiral kirby said as the spokesman, the president is very clear, there are parameters about what the u.s. is authorized to do, what the u.s. military's authorized to do. i think it's fair to say there will be more air strikes, more humanitarian air drops. but against these isis targets in the north and only in bagh d baghdad, if it is to protect u.s. personnel at the embassy or the airport. that has not emerged as a target set yet. so, you know, we've seen sort of the first step going against a target in erbil they thought was a threat, and now more targets in northern iraq, if the isis forces move against those iraqi minorities. but this is pretty much wi

don. >> barbara starr, pentagon correspondent.one was hoping for a peaceful and uneventful night in ferguson, missouri, last night. it was not to be. this reverend tweeted, tonight was another travesty, a gross violation of the civil rights and human rights of the people of ferguson. god is watch and so is the world. the reverend is here with me. describe what happened last night. when did it turn ugly and why? >> last night, as has been the case for so many nights, young people and other residents of ferguson organized themselves in a very powerful very respectful very dignified and peaceful way to do what any american citizen is encouraged to do when they believe their government has wronged them and that is to organize themselves into a peaceful protest. address their grievances. that's what we saw last night. that effort was met with a military opposition on the other side, it seems. there was an extraordinary display of both police and national guard and other law enforcement officials with large military-like cannons, with a

is he going all alone on this with the pentagon? i realize he doesn't have to get an authorization from c ng to do. this but is there any sort of talk with leaders in the house and the senate about what's going on? >> i'm sure there are to an extent. i haven't talked to the speaker or anyone along that line what kind of coordination they are having with the president. i hope he is the president, i think, will see a congress that's willing to go along with his objectives here. the president has to make this case to the american people. i thought he did a good job of making the case about rescuing these thousands of people trapped on a mountain, but he always, in every speech, talks about what we're not going to do. we're not going to put boots on the ground. that's fine. you never really actually want to say that and we are not going to expand this to anything bigger. he has to be more tough and bring the american people with him. is he a leader. >> congressman, thank you, sir. >> you bet. thank you. this is a fox news alert. actor r

the state department and the pentagon pay be ahead of the white house on this?you know, i think this could be a real turning point. you had mike morales saying this is the most complex terrorism problem he ever encountered what kind of statement is that from someone who is a career cia intelligence operative? that is a terrifying statement from your previous guest and i think it is really, the horrific, the horrific scene there i think is has really touched a lot of americans the question is, what has been the impact on president obama? because we have seen in the past president obama has at times talked pretty tough but he has been kind of allergic to military action when it comes right down to it. does this change his calculus of what to do? that i think is the question to watch. >> president goss on vacation and i can't recall a one who went on vacation that didn't get some criticism for doing it, lbj would go to his ranch president, first president bush went to kennebunkport. the other bush went down to crawford texas. but this president seems to be especial

his words in a moment. >>> well, syria could be the pentagon's next target. the u.s.up its strategy against isis in the wake of that grisly murder of american journalist james foley. a militant official tells "the wall street journal" air strikes could target isis leaders and, quote, high defensive targets. the u.s. is ready to take action against any threat that could include isis training camps, yes, in syria. dispute national security adviser ben rhodes put it bluntly, if you come after americans, we're going to come after you wherever you are, essentially. none of that tough talk is going to bring about james foley whose parents say they remember him for his gentleness. >> he was strong, courageous, loving to the end. we just have to recognize our little boy. i mean, he was just a hero, you know. >> you know from the videos -- to see my family. >> so jim had a big heart. >> strong people. foley's brother michael said james also had courage which he showed right up to the end. he said the u.s. needs to show that now, needs to show some of that courage. in his words

half of america tax goes to the pentagon goes defense budget to start these wars a convenience to continue the american empire around the world but warren buffett of course doesn't want to have to pay for those wars so he's fleeing to canada these are financial. cowards. we think if we. going to. wade in the ocean breeze. little secret a secret the u.s. government would like you. good morning. libya's interim government has resigned after islamists tighten their grip on the country pushing it towards the worst crisis since twenty eleven and this comes days after militants declared a breakaway regime to rival the elected parliament libya does remain split however between two rival camps one controlled by islamist backed rebel factions the other . a rogue general from the. now it's being alleged that the islamist militias are receiving support from turkey and. are also being made between the actions of the renegade who is a u.s. citizen and the actions of the egyptian military during the coup that ousted president morsy. and egypt along with the emirates as i should say excuse me it's now be

she's at the pentagon. this is about u.s.ts, right, to try to rescue james foley, the american journalist who was gruesomely executed by isis fighters in iraq. >> actually in syria. we have an extraordinary revelation by the obama administration in the last few minutes. earlier this summer, u.s. special forces several dozen of them landed inside syria for the first time we know of combat boots in an attempted hostage rescue of james foley and several other hostages being held by isis. these were the most senior special forces the u.s. has on the level of delta force, seal team six, we have seen spring into action so many times before. they had intelligence. they went to a site in syria. that location not being disclosed. they came in by helicopter, several dozen of them. they were backed up in the air by combat aircraft by intelligence and surveillance aircraft keeping an eye on them at all times. when they got to this facility, they engaged isis fighters on the ground. we are told they killed several of them. we are told one

the pentagon said it's costing the u.s.million a day for its limited operations in iraq. and the coast is about $560 million. >> thank you very much. >>> and the isis threat has spilled into lebanon, too. and more than half the entire population of syria, now on the run. more than 300 million people have fled the country. many of them children. and david muir and our team on the syrian border. children board pickup trucks to work in the fields supporting their families. much more of david's reporting and the sliver of hope he discovered next week on "world news" with david muir. >>> and rains have been triggering flood rescues. it will be a soggy weekend for much of the country. ginger zee has the details. >> reporter: hail hammering the cars in north texas. more than an inch of rain falling near lubbock, texas thursday, in less than an hour submerging cars. obscuring intersections. this timelapse showcasing the train of rain shafts. and in eastern nebraska, flooding over fields and yards. more than four inches of rain dous

also at the pentagon. the most senior u.s. officer killed since 9/11 and a significant casualty toll, as well began with what was a routine visit to the marshal fahim university where after gan senior military officers are trained. this was a senior delegation involving more than one coalition general and they were met with a brazen attack. an afghan soldier i'm told had completed a seven-step vetting process opening fire with a russian made light machine gun killed the general. he wounded at least 15 others including eight americans and a german general and some of those wounded are seriously wounded. the attacker then killed as forces responded. the attack raising hard questions not only about the vetting process but also the upcoming handover of security in afghanistan from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan forces. >> we're months away from the u.s. handing over security responsibility for afghanistan to afghans forces like these. does this undermine your confidence in their ability to take over that role? >> the afghan n

did the pentagon give any answers on how they intend to do that?yes, the main objectives in iraq have been to protect u.s. personnel and locations and then to engage in that humanitarian area to help people being persecuted by the islamic state. the state department has requested 300 more americans to go in, special forces to help out. the admiral said we are evaluating that request, looking it over, no decision has yet been made. what those forces would do is help protect the u.s. embassy in bagdad, but they obviously could also play a larger role in terms of helping the iraqis strategize in helping keep the islamic state fighters out of key places like bagdad. >> libby casey live in washington. thanks for the time. >>> the fight against the islamic state continues against northern iraq. there has been a deadly attack on a mosque. shiite fighters opened fire on worshippers killing 73. witnesses said the fighters drove up in black suvs and trucks and then entered the mosque. kurdish forces are fighting alongside the iraqi military trying to regain

but most at the pentagon have been warning about them for some time. that's why it's indicated more needs to be done to deal with isis. >> this has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision which will ee scentually have to be defeated. to your question can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization which resides in syria, the answer is no. >> an assessment bolstered by the president's own defense secretary. >> isil is as sophisticate and well funded as any group we've ever seen. they're beyond a terrorist group. this is beyond anything we've seen. so we must prepare for everything. >> today isis issued a not so veiled threat, this time via twitter. quote, we will deliver the next message with a new merch victim as a courier mail. the foley family meanwhile decided to release the last e-mail sent to them by their son's isis captors. quote, you and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings, the first of which being the blood of the american citizen james foley. he will be executed as a direct result of your transgressions

he tried to jeft sequester to pentagon papers.the administration does very weird things like have a break in of elsberg's psychiatric papers to get his files it shows nixon's outrage of leaks. all presidents hate leaks but i think nixon hated them more. in the pentagon paper it wasn't just a leak but it was the new york times. he hated the times. >> in your note, prior to the transcript of the tape, you and mr. nictor write on another occasion it could have been a chance to score a political victory however nixon's department of yuf justice launca giant event of secrecy. >> it touches on a seminole point. nixon was vice president for eisenhower eight years. ike ran in 1952, he knew the korean war was raging. eisenhower said elect me and i will go korea. he said elect me and i will find a way out of the war that had turned unpopular. sure enough eisenhower is elected six months later and we're out of korea. nixon had that korea in 69 or 70 or 70 71. he did not think it was winnable. the papers showed the malfeasance of johnson, he

the pentagon said it was very, very close and very dangerous. things seem to be calm again tonight in ferguson missouri where protests erupted two weeks ago. police in a nearby town say what happened in ferguson will not happen there and the population there is also predominantly african american. but there's one big difference. john hendren reports from wellston, missouri. >> reporter: it seems like every resident has an unhappy encounter with police. >> started beating me on my right knee like mashed potatoes, big white guy. i passed out. when i woke back up, he took the wheelchair and rode it around to the back of his patrol car and grabbed my head and bumped it on the end of the car. he still wasn't satisfied. >> in part because there were witnesses that officer was later fired. but many young african americans say it's a pattern that often goes unpunished. >> it was never good. had it been me who killed mike brown i'd have been found guilty five seconds later. but because it's a white officer, people are standing behind him. >> education an

jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what else did the spokesman have to say -- the assertion there is no mission creep? >> well, that's the thing, shepard. he tackled repeated questions from journalists moments ago, about mission creep. he took it head on through the press conference, at the white house yesterday the president went out of his way to say the u.s. is not going to serve as iraq's air force. >> mission creep refers to the growing and expansion or the golden objectives of a military operation. the golden objectives change. morph into something bigger than they were at the outset. nothing has changed about the mission, the missions we're conducting inside iraq. >> the pentagon says they are only authorized by the from carry out airstrikes for humanitarian reasons or when u.s. property or personneles threatened. the u.s. carried out one more airstrike today around the mosul dam to help the iraqi ground forces create a buffer sewn around the dam. >> do we know anything else about the latest iraqi military opera

that's right the pentagon is essentially working in conjunction with major u.s. universities to militarize social science and prepare for a global civil breakdown one journalist who is extensively covered this project is dr nelson is mad international security scholar and author of several books including his most recent zero point he joins me now to discuss his findings in a recently published or part investigation into the subsets of minerva and its damning implications such a pleasure to have you on set to be easily so talking really briefly about what this program consists of and how long it's been implemented so the program them another program starts in two thousand and eight. and is specific program so that you know. pentagon program to try to mobilize social science but the specific programs like two thousand and eight since then they've funded dozens of universities around the world the sensual thread you know it's all of the different projects is effectively tracking the next threats on the horizon in a new age of looking at impacts of climate change th

the cia, the whole pentagon apparatus, on and on. kennedy guiding us through the cuban missile crisis. most scholars feel he did an excellent job with that. creating the peace corp. out foxing the soviets over berlin. carter whose considered by many a failure during the camp david piece afford which still is on the books as the great event in middle east history for the last 100 years since the creation of israel meaning it's not a right/left issue. if you're frustrated with obama's policy. i do think that people think republicans are more hawkish which isn't always true. john f. kennedy was much more of a cold war hawk than say nixon was in some ways. the cold war policy was both bipartisan this anti-soviet deal. let's win the cold war it's just that the wall came down when bush was president and it was a result of reagan's ratcheting rhetoric on policy. >> 1972, 12:55 p.m. porter, kissinger, nixon talking about vietnam and the foreign service and defense department. a bunch of spineless bastards. >> kissinger:well i just gave thoel

however only two days later pentagon officer named daniel ellsberg was on duty receiving urgent cables from captain john herrick the u.s. navy's commander in the gulf of tonkin herrick reported that the ship was under attack yet again this time in the middle of the night and in total darkness after several tens of hours describing the ordeal the pentagon received one last cable recanted its previous report a portion of burns' memoir details the message captain herrick sent to the pentagon saying quote a review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appeared doubtful freak weather effects on the radar an overeager sonar man may have accounted for many reports no actual visual sightings by mattox suggest complete evaluation before any further action is taken but that evaluation never happened instead u.s. officials and. the president's seized on the second incident as a provocation countless newspapers including the washington post the new york times ran the headlines about the attack which helped to galvanize public support for the u.s. to officially invade vietnam o

we'll take you over to the pentagon where the press secretary of the pentagon is speaking out. he's certainly going(tn get some questions on this. >> and secretary hagel made clear the determination of the iraqi people and the international commune to the counter this threat will only grow. the united states looks forward to working with our friends from around the world to assist in that effort. with that, i'll take some questions. bob? >> could you be more specific, i think you used the word munit n munitions. what type of munitions you're talking about? >> this is an important point. what's great about this effort is, many of these partner nations have in their stocks more than we do, the kinds of equipment that kurdish forces use, which isn't necessarily american-made material. so it covers the full range, small arms ammunition and other personnel served weaponry. i don't have a complete inventory for you. >> if i can change the subject briefly. >> sure. >> could you confirm the reports of the egyptian uae carrying out the air strikes in libya and the u.s. tried to warn the

typically we get a pentagon briefer. have they responded?porter: one interesting thing that's emerging is one of the things the president said yesterday that didn't get as much attention as the no strategy comment is that he said one of the delays, if you will, one of the reasons why he doesn't have a plan to present to the american people and congress for authorization he said is that the pentagon hasn't finished their work, he's still waiting on them to put these plans together. admiral john kirby did have a briefing today and said look the u.s. military is always ready. we're always putting together plans and when the commander-in-chief says go we'll be ready with plan. i don't want to overplay that but there seems there's a little bit of a rift don't forget who runs the pentagon, chuck hagel who a week ago said isis is a bigger threat than al qaeda pre-9/11. so is the president not on the same page with his cabinet. he insisted they are singing from the song sheet. it seems interesting the president blaming the military, the pentagon for