what katherine is telling us tonight is that now a pentagon official, a former pentagon official anonymouslys coming to us and saying, that's not true. >> and that's very important, because this is typical for this administration, they're trying to blame it on the intelligence community and throw them under the bus. the intelligence community warned president obama about the isis threat, they warned there was a growing danger in the middle east, that he had to deal with, and he attended his briefings, we know that, i looked at his records in january 2014, the month he described them as a jv threat, he attended all but three of the daily intelligence briefings, he was getting these briefings in his first term and he didn't do anything about it. >> he was there, getting the briefings in january, he tells the world not to worry about isis which has captured fallujah, because it's jv, and now have you mark theissen and dianne feinstein, you are not politically aligned, agreeing on the following, here she is yesterday. >> i think it's a major varsity chain. i see nothing that compares with its vi

>> reporter: a former pentagon official described the intelligence to fox news contained in the daily brief as specific in detail. adding there was only one conclusion that could be drawn by policy makers, that the situation was bad. after the white house said it was blindsided by isis, the former intelligence official said a couple hundred targets are rewere identified after the president drew the red line. >> it presents fewer options. three years ago we've had good options in syria and how to stop their pooling in the east and going into iraq. two years ago we had not great options. today our options are far more limited and far more dangerous and will call for far more engagement. >> reporter: fox news asked a spokeswoman from the national security council for a response. bill: what about the suggestion that the rescue of james foley was delayed. >> reporter: the mission to rescue journalist james foley was delayed by pass much as 3 some days. the former pentagon official confirms the white house was hesitant and asked for the intelligence to be built up more. they were told the l

we're about to do the same in afghanistan. >> a former pentagon official says al baghdady was considered a significant capture in 2005. >> official said baghdady was questioned and dave up information before transfer to iraqi custody. the decision to release baghdady described as a surprise to us us officials bret? >> thank you. >> tomorrow, less than an hour here in the east is september 11th. amid and ahead of the solemn 13th anniversary, a look aat whether the tsa is trying to prevent another september 11th-style attack. feet...tiptoeing. better things than the pain, stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can relieve ra symptoms, and help stop further joint damage. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers have happened in patient

they are describing this as a terrorist attack right now. >> reporter: there are some officials here in the pentagon who are calling this an obvious terrorist attack based on very preliminary information. the information that intelligence officials are getting in terms of a possible hijacked plane, and of course the very horrifying video of the plane veering into the tower itself is a clear indication to everyone here that this is not an accident. primary concern right now is protecting the american public in the new york area right now against any possible further attacks by the air. they have no indications there will be, but there is some concern that since this appeared to be such a highly coordinated attack, that there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counterterrorist planners, because apparently according to intelligence officials, there were no firm indications prior to this that anything like this could have happened, but in terms of scrambling the u.s. military, it would be for protection

military ground forces. >> pentagon officials stressed the focus is on defeating i.s.i.l. >> our focus is on i.s.i.l., and that is the threat to our country, and to our interests, and to the people of the region. >> what you are hearing us express is an i.s.i.l.-first strategy, a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire concept and motivation of free syrian army. it is bashar al-assad that has killed many more of them than i.s.i.l. has. and for us to say that we are going to go in and help and train and equip these people, and only to fight against i.s.i.l., you are not going to get many recruits do do that, germ. >> reporter: senators criticized the internationally formed coalition for having no mission. >> i have no idea, based on your testimony, what the coalition partners are expected to do, or what we want them to do. >> and with domestic midterms elections months away, senator told hagel and dempsey, the congress is not sure it is worth it. >> i'm spores in any way, shape or form bashar al-assad that he's there. as long as he's there, he's fighting the same people we are fighti

and fox's own catherine herridge is standing by with more. >> the former pentagon official told fox news that detailed and specific intelligence information was included in the president's daily brief, for at least a year before the group took large chunks of territory in june. the officials said that data was strong, adding a policy maker such as the president who often takes his brief electronically, could only conclude the situation was getting bad. today now neither the white house nor the pentagon denied the claim, emphasizing they were on top of the situation. >> we talked about isil for many months as i've said before, we were very closely monitoring and tracking their progress, their growth, their development well before they rolled in to mosul. this is not an organization we haven't been watching. >> on the purported execution of steven sotloff today, the intelligence community is analyzing the tape and the striking similarities of the execution posted on the web two weeks ago. the apparent execution of two americans at the hands of islamic extremists seems to give more credence

. >> reporter: earlier a former pentagon official told fox news the detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of isis was included in the president's daily brief, also known as the pdb for at least a year before the group took large swaths of territory in june. the official said the data was strong adding a policymaker such as the president who often takes his brief electronically could only conclude the situation was getting bad. the state department denied the claim. >> we talked about isil for many months. as i said before we were very close to monitoring and tracking their progress, their growth, their development, well before they rolled into mosul. so this is not an organization that we haven't been watching. >> reporter: whether the administration delayed acting on the foley rescue as first reported by the "sunday times" of london, the former pentagon official said a heavily compound was identified and believed to be holding foley and other captives but the white house was hesitant in asking for more terms. we've had confirmation from the white house that the president h

pentagon officials say a mix of fighter jets, bombers and tomahawk missiles fired from nearby warships were used to destroy targets in four areas, including rack can, the group's stronghold. >> targets are command and control centers, training and logistics, known targets. >> reporter: the campaign comes after weeks of air strikes targeting isis in iraq. the president will join leaders at the united nations general assembly today. he is expected to discuss the international coalition being formed to defeat isis in an address wednesday. secretary of state john kerry has been in new york working to strengthen the coalition. >> isis has raped and kidnapped countless syrian women. we must hold them accountable. >> reporter: former british prime minister tony blair says ground troops may be needed. >> you can't rule it out. >> reporter: president obama has ruled outputting u.s. combat troops on the ground in iraq and syria but is moving to arm and train rebels to battle isis in syria. marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >>> a syrian man broke the news about the air strikes 30 minutes before th

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pentagon officials said military intelligence community knew he was a bad actor, closely allied with the now deceased leader. when baghdady was picked up in the u.s. and houses the at camp buka, he was considered a significant capture. the official added that he was interrogated by the u.s., and he gave up some information before he was handed over to the iraqi government who later released him. the official said that release came as a complete surprise to u.s. deposit officials because they had, in fact, been hunting him for years before his capture. gretchen. >> all right. catherine, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >>> so members of our armed forces listening carefully to the president to hear how his strategy against terror will affect them, quite frankly? the aircraft carrier george h.w. bush has been launching air strikes again from its position in the persian gulf. what more might the president announce militarily? national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. jennifer. >> gretchen, we're told the president is going to ramp p the pace of air strikes

lots of people are, they do this behinds the scenes, according to a pentagon official.f course they knew as we reported the u.s. captured the terror chief in 2005, handed him over to the iraqi government. the iraqi government released him. our chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris is live in washington. what more are we learning about this man, al baghdadi? >> well the release of al baghdadi, shepard, was characterized to us by the former pentagon official as a complete surprise to the u.s. government. the same official said the military intelligence community knew he was a bad actor closely allied with the decreased leader of al qaeda in iraq when he was captured in 2005. the official added that he was integrated by u.s. officials, and that he did give up some information before he was handed over to the iraqi government who later released him there was no advance notice given to the u.s. government of that release which was shocking, to say the least, according to this official, because the u.s. has spent years tracking him down, shepard. >> you know, reme

. >> reporter: pentagon officials say the air war may not be the only option for confronting isis. but that they did not want to disclose any other plans at this time. >> last night on my order airstrikes against serious did began. >> reporter: jordan the other arabia and other areas joined the fight. >> reporter: it included ices command post and its official command post. >> are unaware of any casualties. >> reporter: near the syrian according to the u.s. they were in the final stages of major attacks on u.s. and western interests. >> reporter: dozens of all fighters from afghanistan have come to syrian to exploit g hottest that have joined the fight. >> reporter: now the pentagon official says the air war may not be the only option to confront isis' but they did not want to disclose any other plans at this time. >> reporter: grant? >> reporter: this one here. in the darkness of night and the guided missile destroyer taking off from eight aircraft carrier and the red sea. join strikes on ice as targets to date a big one right there. >> reporter: crushed by the aerial assault to r

. >> reporter: earlier a former pentagon official told fox news that details and specific intelligence about rise of isis was includeed in president's daily brief, for at least a year before the group took large swaths of territory in june, official said that data was strong, adding a policymaker like the president who often fakes his brief electronically could only conclude the i the situation of getting bad, today, neither the white house or pentagon denied claim. >> we have talked about isil for many months now. as i have said before we were very closely monitoring and tracking their progress, their growth, their development. well before they rolled in to mosul. this is not an organization that's with not been watching. >> reporter: on whether obama administration delayed acting to the phony rescue, the former pentagon official said that compound was identified, and believed to be holding foley and other captives, but white house was hesitant in continued to act for more intelligence. and within the last few minutes we confirms that president has been briefed on the latest execution

pentagon officials say the mission to defeat isis could take years.he significance of saudi and emiraty and jordanians cannot be understated. five nations joined this mission including qatar which flew but did not drop bombs. they targeted this group of pakistan and afghani fighters. they are a rival to isis. it was suggested they had entered a new phase of plotting against the u.s. and the west, possibly the homeland. >> jennifer, we're now, u.s. intelligence official says that khorasan was operational, was operational. is it stillbecause you know, we of buildings and everything, but what makes everyone think that it is not still operational? >> what we know from pentagon officials that we talked to today is that they were not targeting high-value targets, the leaders of these groups. they were not going after any big names. and in fact, we know that the leader of khorasan, there was a tweet this morning suggesting he'd been killed, but pentagon and intelligence officials say they have no indication he was killed. so in essence, the leaders of eye si

pentagon officials stressed officials are focussed on defeating i.s.i.l. >> our focus is op i.s.i.l., that's the threat, to our county and interests, and the people of the region. what you are hear us express is an i.s.i.l. first strategy, a misunderstanding of the entire concept and motivation of the free syrian army. it is bashar al-assad that has killed many for of them than nil christopher gibson has. >> and for us to say that we are going to go in and help and train and equip he is them, and only to fight against i.s.i.l., you are not going to debt many troops to do that. >>> the internationally formed coalition has been criticized for not having a mission. >> i have no idea what our coalition partners are expected to do or what we want them to do, based on your testimony. >>> with midterm elections months away, the u.s. public is not persuaded the war is worth it. >> our past performances in that region has not given results. i'm not supporting bashar al-assad. he should be gone. as long as he remains there, he's fighting people that we are going to spend $500 million. makes no

based on some recent reporting through a pentagon official at least the information in the summer is that it seems several of the hostages were held together. they identified what they thought was foley's location near the capital of isis in syria and they believed other potential captives were there as well. from personal experience, in order to maintain a system where you can protect the hostages, because this is a war zone, can you prevent them from escaping, you have to feed them, you have to keep them reasonably healthy because if they are dead they are not of any currency to you. this takes a system, it takes organization, and it takes a significant number of people. so this is a major investment by isis and i would argue for the virtue of its propaganda value. >> greg >> catherine, it's greg. the modern phenomenon of social media has made a singular execution from a propaganda standpoint on par with a massive military power that is the united states. and i'm just wondering and maybe it's naval gazing whether making of such videos encourages such behavior. >> reporter: there's

four days almost to the minute after the strike,he pentagon officially declared godane dead, calling it a "major symbolic and operations loss to al shabab." godane was a cofounder of al shabab and had announced an alliance with al qaeda, vowing to follow in osama bin laden's footsteps. one year ago, he claimed responsibility for an attack on a shopping mall in kenya which killed and injured dozens of shoppers. the u.s. military had spent months track godane after an earlier operation to kill him had been called off at the last minute. this time, scott, they were taking no chances. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you very much. today, u.s. air force fighters scrambled to catch a private plane flying from upstate new york to florida. the pilot wasn't talking to air traffic control, and now jeff pegues reports investigators think they know why. >> reporter: the small private plane took off from rochester, new york, at 8:26 this morning, headed for naples, florida. but around 10 a.m., the pilot reported a problem. >> we need to descend down to about 1-8-0. we have a

more on the situation between ukraine and russia, i'm joined by former pentagon official and fox's nationalmacfarland and former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and now director of the eurasian center at the atlantic council. thank you for joining as. i will start with you first. it is not enough money apparently. should the u.s. stepped up its efforts to aid ukraine? >> sandra, i was in kiev in june. it is clear they needed to things in a big way, weapons from the west and, the united states and money. not just a little money, big money to the tune of $15 billion as well as loan forgiveness and foreign investment. they have gotten a little bit of each and very lithe weapl they get both they are in a very bad -- sandra: should we -- >> i think we should give them the weapons they need. we should give them the weapons that they need to fight for themselves. we don't get involved the russians have their game. they can keep ukraine destabilized so that no one invest. 10% a year. by this winter there will run out of money. they will be forced to cut a deal with the russians. sandra: ambassador, i wa

the mixed messages coming after white house and pentagon officials declared the u.s. was quote at war with the militant group, just one day after secretary of state john kerry called it a counterterror operation. >>> and police in pennsylvania questioning a person of interest in the shooting of two state troopers, which killed one trooper and has left another in critical but stable condition. the brazen attack happened last night outside a police barracks nearby scranton. the officers were ambushed during a shift change. >>> even more trouble for the nfl today. the league now dealing with yet another abuse scandal after minnesota vikings star running back adrian peterson is booked on child abuse charges. we have more. >> rather ugly photographs of the wounds almost suffered by the 4-year-old son, being published by tmz. he was booked around 1:00 a.m. this morning. well, a short while ago, montgomery county district attorney office briefed the media saying peterson had been released on a $15,000 bail. >> the mental state that's reflected in the indictment is that he di

. >>> david martin is at the pentagon where defense officials are weighing the results.avid, good morning. >> good morning. 9 pentagon officials say they launched a strike on monday in somalia in attempt to kill the leaders of an organization known as al shabaab. somali forces say the trike killed the leader but pentagon officials can not confirm that. the strike occurred in the southeastern part of the country, in an area known as an al shabaab stronghold. al shabaab is the terrorist organization which attacked that mall some kenya last year killing 67 people. and at the time the al shabaab leader said the attack was carried out in reretaliation for the west support of kenya in the war against al shabaab. the u.s. has attempted to kill leaders of al shabaab before. including a daring command dough raid last year which failed to get the man they were after. this latest operation did not involve putting commandos in on the ground but was carried out by drones and other u.s. aircraft. pentagon officials say it will be later today before they know who if anything they hit.

it is quite a statement from a senior former pentagon official. really saying that the president's statements about not having been warned by intelligence community simply isn't true. indeed the article does lay out in the world wide assessment on the record from john brennan to democratic officials were warning about isis earlier in the year. the idea this suddenly snuck up on us isn't quite the case. >> i want to talk about the cnn orc polls that were released this morning. six out of ten say the united states is not at war with isis despite military action. does that surprise you? >> no. the question is -- it reflects the ambiguity of fighting organizations. we are in a conflict with isis. we're trying to degrade and destroy them. the the question reflects this opaque nature of war in the 21st century. isis may call themselves a state, but it's essentially a non state entity of trying to re-establish a caliphate along the jihadist lines. people understand that we are in a conflict with them. it's not a conventional war in the way we understood

. >> reporter: pentagon officials went to capitol hill on tuesday to convince congress they have a plan for fighting the group that calls itself the islamic state islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. military assessors are now assisting and advising iraqi troops on fighting the group, and they say there is a chance that u.s. ground troops could be deployed. >> this coalition is the appropriate word for it. i believe it will be true. but if it fails to be true and there are threats to the united states, i would then go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of military ground forces. >> pentagon officials stress that the focus is on defeating isil, but senators accuse them of misreading the situation. >> our focus is isil. that is a threat not only to our country, to our interests, and to the people of the region, what you're hearing us express is an isil first strategy, a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire motivation and concept of the freeway syrian army. it is bashar al-assad who has killed many more than isil has. for us to say that

we have our former pentagon official k.t.arland joining us with ed rollins and juan williams to assess the political implications. now, a new bombshell in the irs scandal. saying that he has proof that corroborates the irs scandal. the rise of the chairman's committee, attorney general holder mistakenly called his office to ask whether congressional staffers they are good leaked documents related to the ongoing irs investigation. the justice department spokesman wanted to orchestrate that to allow justice to comment on the documents before republicans made them public, not knowing that he was talking to the republicans. chairman darrell issa says they made the request before he had realized his screwup. congressman darrell issa is now looking for answers from the eternal general that reads that this effort to preemptively release information undermines the department's claim that it is responding in good faith. and the crisis on our southern border having a big impact on americans who are trying to deal with immigration and a

pentagon officials say they've conducted 133 air strikes in recent weeks against isis in the iraq. we are joined now live from baghdad with the very latest. first, i want to talk about the significance of the air strikes. what impact have they had so far? >> reporter: well, george, over the past few weeks, this has been going on for several weeks, the iraqi security forces are still in control of the dam, but over the last several weeks, there have been attempts by isis militants in the area to try to take that dam. just like we saw in mosul, when they took over the key mosul dam. haditha is the second largest dam in iraq after the mosul dam, but it doesn't seem they were in control of it or close to. iraqi security forces have actually been talking about how they've managed to repel many attempts by isis to take over the had eetha dam. the u.s. military says they received a request to carry out the air strikes. they say the dam was threatened and they say they carried it out under the same objectives of the mission here, this is humanitarian assistance and always the protection of

military ground forces. >> reporter: pentagon officials stressed their focus is on defeating i.s.i.l. >> our focus is on i.s.i.l., that is the threat. to our country and our interests and the people of the region. what you are hearing us express is an i.s.i.l.-first strategy, a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire concept and motivation of the free syrian army. that it is bashar al-assad that killed many more of them than i.s.i.l. has. >> i have. >> for us to say that we are going to go in and hep, train, and equip these people and fight against i.s.i.l., you won't get many troops to do that. >> the coalition has been criticized for having no apparent mission. >> i have no idea, based on your testimony, what our coalition partners are expected to do or what we want them to do. >> with domestic midterm elections two months away, senators told hagel and dempsey that the u.s. public is not persuaded that the war to worth it. >> our past performance for the war in that region has not given that result. i'm not supporting bashar al-assad, i think he should be gone. as long as he rema

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. >> but a former senior pentagon official is leveling sharp criticism at the president over those comments telling the daily beast "either the president doesn't read the intelligence he's getting or he's bsing." so let's talk about this. maria cardona is a cnn political commentator. ross due that the is an op-ed columnist in for the "new york times." nice to see both of you. maria to you first on this. the president has gone from calling isis a jv team to saying eight months later that the u.s. underestimated the threat of isis in light of that, how would you respond to that former pentagon official's critique? >> randi, it never ceases to amaze me how easy it is for "unnamed officials" to be backseat commanders in chief. especially those that don't see the depth and breadth the of intelligence the president is seeing and i think it's refreshing the president is acknowledging what the head of intelligence has acknowledged, that they underestimated the threat but i think more importantly, the american people should be focused on what are we doing about this moving forward? we have seen trem

information, not being gained but lawful interrogation. >> reporter: we're now learning from a former pentagon officialbakr al-baghdadi was leader of isis was long on their radar we he took that position. he was held in 2005 at calmp buca. according to this official he was transferred to the iraqi government and the iraqi government released him and this came as a complete surprise to the u.s. government who knew he was a player and spent years hunting him, shannon. shannon: catherine herridge, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: since taking office president obama has consistently downplayed the threat from islamic extremists saying al qaeda is on the run, bearally mentioning isis. as the brutal terror group took more power his remarks were relatively slow to evolve. >> we don't have a strategy yet. our objective is clear. that is to degrade and destroy isil so it is no longer a threat not just to iraq but to the region and to the united states. we can continue to shrink isil's sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing. its, its military capabilities, to the point where it is a ma

officials --gone >> pentagon officials warn the campaign could go on for years.e will speak with patrick cockburn, author of "the jihadis return -- isis and the new sunni uprising." then to the u.n. climate summit. >> today was a great day, and historic day. never before have so many leaders have it to commit to action on climate change. i thank every one of you that came to new york with ambition and commitment. >> more than 120 world leaders gathered in new york but is the world closer to a binding deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions? we will speak with bianca jagger and asad rehman of "friends of the earth -- of friends of the earth. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s.-led bombing of syria intensified. tuesday, strikes were launched. president obama vowed to take the fight to isis. >> it must be clear to anyone that would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we would not tolerate safe havens for terrorists that would do harm to our people. we will do wh

pentagon officials admitted on the record that they have seen signs that the enemy is adapting. there are still no plans to send u.s. ground troops to track isis and its leadership on the ground, neil. also we've just gotten word that wife of that british aid worker held, whose been held for so long, she just received an audiotape of him pleading for his life. >> some comments made this morning about, be careful about jumping to, you know, conclusions. we must be making progress in this air campaign. history suggests, like cockroaches, the bad guys keep coming out somewhere else. >> and we certainly heard that, that warning from the pentagon, from pentagon today. >> ined to deed. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. >>> we quickly learn who are friends are in this fight. why turkey is too busy making nice with isis to really care. >>> and later, think mitt romney is ruling out another run? talk to ann. >> it felt like hot pins and needles coming from the inside out of my skin. when i did go see the doctor, and he prescribed lyrica, it helped me. it's known that diabetes

the "new york times" quotes a senior pentagon official as saying there is no one who "n" this buildingknows that clearing out the city will be much harder. that's when the rubber meets the road. joining me is josh earnest. thank you for joining me an incredibly busy day and week for the white house. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with the senior official at d.o.d. saying it's hard now and will get much harder. how is the american public going to have confidence that the troops will clear out iraqi cities when american forces failed at that? >> what we're talking about is iraqi security forces fighting for their own country. we can't be in a position where we send american ground troops back into iraq in a combat role to try to take care of the security environment on behalf of the iraqi people. we're not going to be in a position to do that. what we need is the iraqis to fight for their own country. that's why it was important for the central government to be formed to integrate the security forces in a way that every member of the security force could go out there and fait

as we heard from pentagon officials that target lists and the other targets that the pentagon and centralmand wanted and had identified perhaps were at the ripe point for the striking, so to speak. i think the real question is how long the campaign will remain in place. will it intensify? what kind of developments can we see on the ground try to push forward -- push supporters of these air strikes including like the peshmerga, kurdish forces into trying to take that territory that is being given up by isis if it emerges like that. >> let me bring you in. no isis leadership targeted in the first wave of the attack. these are buildings and structures. but we heard in the briefing that isis is adapting. we were talking on the break they're moving their equipment and moving other critical, i guess, personnel that it needs with the next wave perhaps coming soon. >> that didn't just start yesterday or today. i think we're maybe underestimated isis a little bit. they were well aware they were going to strike from the ground. but for the last few months. they would have been stupid to keep their

pentagon officials say the air strikes involving the u.s. and five arab allies began about 8:30 monday evening eastern time. in all, 200 bombs and missiles were dropped. most of them precision guided. we're also learning a little more about who did what in tuesday's air strikes. cnn's becky anderson is standing by live in the united arab emirates. one of the arab nations that took part. becky, this wasn't just symbolic. a lot of questions about how far the participation of the five nations went. these nations, some of them dropped bombs. >> reporter: they all committed. and you cannot understate the importance of the arab allies in this, four of the five arab nations that we've been mentioning, in the air, dropping bombs over syria. and the u.a.e. very unusually coming out and confirming what it did in saying that it has flown the first of its air strikes, assuming therefore, there will be more to come, u.a.e. in the air. saudi in the air. bahrain in the air. outside of this region, jordan in the air. all of these flights, we believe, came b

now pentagon officials say the u.s. and its allies have begun airstrikes against the militants in syria. the officials announced the first strikes on monday. a spokesperson said the u.s. and partner nations used fighter and bomber jets, and tom hawk missiles to attack. the spokesperson said the operations are ongoing. he said the decision to launch the strikes was made earlier in the day by the u.s. central command. but explained the pentagon is not in a position to provide additional details. last month the military carried out 190 airstrikes against islamic state targets in iraq. militants with the group have increased their control over territory there, and in neighboring syria. president barack obama said earlier this month that he was ready to expand the airstrikes from iraq to syria. members of an algerian group claiming to have links to islamic states say they've kidnapped a french national. they posted a video on the internet to prove it. and they warned france's leaders to stop attacking id lambic state militan

. >> pentagon officials say they've conducted at least 133 air strikes in recent weeks against isis in iraq. we're joined live in baghdad with the very latest. want to start with this question. just about the significance of these air strikes in haditha. >> well, george, it does seem that this is an expansion of the area of where the u.s. air strikes have been taking place as we have seen since they started august the 8th. they've really been pretty much centered around the northern part of the country. now we're seeing it move to the west of the country to anbar province, this key province, the sunni heartland of iraq bordering syria and much of the province has been under the control of isis since january really when they started making those advances. but the first iraqi city, fallujah and anbar province falling into the hands of isis. we just spoke to a senior official, a top official in anbar province and he tells us, 5:00 this morning local time, a ground offensive was launched under u.s. air cover with the support of u.s. air strikes to retake areas west of haditha and the hadit

let's go to nbc's jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. >> senior military officials at the pentagon are saying they are getting information that the american airlines flight 11 after it left boston apparently was hijacked, and was diverted apparently, the early information was, was being diverted to jfk for some reason. and then obviously nobody knows exactly who was at the controls of the plane, but it broke off its route to los angeles and was headed towards jfk. that was the initial information that officials had received when, obviously, it did not go to jfk, but veered off and headed towards the world trade center. but, again, no indication as to who may be responsible or would was at the controls of that plane when it rammed into the world trade center, matt. >> mik, thank you. we're going to be talking with you throughout the morn. right now, larry johnson, a terrorism expert. a former deputy director of the state department's office on counterterrorism. mr. johnson, can you please put this into some kind of perspective for us and give us your insight on what might have happened

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joining us now is rosa brooks, former pentagon official in first term of the obama administration, nowor at georgetown law and a senior fellow at the america foundation. thanks for being with us. >> thanks, rachel. >> so you have said that the obama administration thinks they can expand operations against isis basically without any additional approval from congress. do you understand what their rationale is for arguing that? >> well, i guess we're about to find out. but i'm assuming that it is some mix of inherent constitutional article two powers to defend the united states. maybe smushed together with some kind of creative argument involving either the 2001 authorization to use military force against al qaeda and others responsible for 9/11 or possibly even the 2002 authorization to use force in iraq related to saddam hussein's regime. >> rosa, the white house officials are saying that it's the 2001, that they think gives them the authority. do you think that they can make that argument legally? these include many people who were very critical of the bush years for some of the legal

pentagon officials say these attack hit about 20 isis targets. good evening everyon everyone. dan and amma are off. i'm larry. >> i'm katie. military officials focus on isis command and control buildings and infrastructure. include missile launch from ship and manned pworm. >> taking part in the air assault the respecttor fighter jet marking the first time the stealth aircraft has been used in combat. 20,000 of the estimated 30,000 isis fighters based in sir yaichlt since august the u.s. has conducted nearly 200 airstrike against the terrorist group in iraq. assault focus on the city of rock believed to be where the group is plead to have cared out the 3 beheadings. >> u.s. jones 5 arab country in this round of air streak. others involve jordan saudi arabia, bahrain, cutter and the united arab emirate. >> we continue to follow the story and if any new development happen during the newscast we bring them to you. coverage continues right now on twitter at this web site. >> here in the bay area east bay commuters be ware because tomorrow drive into san francisco could be horrendo

this is the first time pentagon officials have testified about obama's offensive.ng those speaking in front of the senate armed services committee is the joints chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, and defense secretary chuck hagel. the hearing was briefly interrupted by activists. >> we know that thousands of foreign fighters, including europeans and more than 100 americans have travelled to syria with passports that gave them relative freedom of movement. these fighters can exploit isil's safe haven. >> let's talk about this more with rosiland jordan in washington, d.c. for us. we are starting to get a clearer picture of what is expected and that the u.s. is already part of a combat mission. >> that's right. the u.s. is saying it is involved in a war against members of isil and as well as against members of al-qaeda, and coming on the president's comments from nearly a week ago, that 500 more military advisors will be going to iraq to assist the iraqi military as well as the peshmerga in their efforts to fight isil. about 150 of those members will be taking p

pentagon officials say they do not know how long the war will take.m br they sit, it doesn't -- from where they sit, it doesn't matter. >> the president gave me a mission - destroy i.s.i.l. i'll recommend to him what it will take to do that. >> there are questions whether training militants to fight is realistic. 5,000 will be trained in the next year. critics say it's not enough u.n. right groups say civilians have also been kill. >> the aaron penny is investigating. >> it's first and foremost the priority of the commanders who have responsibility for strikes, to make sure - do everything they can to make sure there is no collateral damage. at the u.n., the iraqi president praised other countries for coming to their aid. >> translation: the huge humanitarian and human tri report we received from e.u., united states, and other states played a vital role in assisting us facing up to the group. it confirmed to our people that we are not fighting terror. >> kurdish residents don't think anyone is trying to protect them from i.s.i.l. turkey is calling for