this really occur uhed in a central tri-state reare john, the central region for three countries. and the boundaries between these countries and the borders between these countries are simply colonial borders. tribally they do not exist, so the same tribal languages are spoken really throughout the three regions. and so you add a high degree of trade and transit just to do tribal connections, and representation relationships that go back hundreds and hungs of years trade in that area. and then following the decade, or so of civil conflict in that region, you did have a lot of aid projects that went into build roads, etc. to make the economies once again viable. so you are dealing with communities that not only are are highly transportable across borders, but that can also -- that are also highly transportable within their own country due to good road conditions. so a very highly mobile situation. and that's not something we have encountered because, before prior to this, ebola outbreaks as you know have occurred in remote or geographically reare mote or political my unstable areas

i'll be asking pentagon spokesman rear admiral john kirby what the coalition's long-term strategy isfor how long it can continue. >>> and, not being john malkovich. the hollywood actor featured in a serious recreating of more than 40 iconic photographs and it's gone viral around the world. >>> also in the program, aaron is back looking at the world of gaming. >> absolutely, tim. we know there's a huge market, some $70 billion. this year, the number of gamers will be more than 1.2 billion people. the biggest gaming meeting in europe kicks off right here today in london, so we're going to speak to a gaming legend to find out what these billion or so people are looking for. >>> hello, and welcome back to "gmt." let's go back to our main story. the latest round of air strikes in syria that have hit oil refineries used to finance islamic state operations. among the targets overnight were 12 refineries controlled by the group that generate tens of millions of dollars each week. war planes from the united states, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates were involved in the attack. let's

and that is already become echoed that say the same model may have to be applied to more reare johnsf the united kingdom as well, because many northern cities outside london are very unhappy in the same way that many scotts are unhappy with the narrow centralization of london and it's hold over domestic politics. what they have done here, even if it ends up being a no to independent vote we are going to hear from both sides tonight, first from a man who says he will vote yes. >> many name is james, i am from ireland off the west coast of scotland, and today i voted yet to an independent vote. i voted yes because i believe very much that scotland can be better. the only way to achieve the things i deeply believe in, things like equal justice, i believe at the base for the people of scotland, are -- i can't see any other way that can be achieved other than independents for scotland. the decisions which effect the people of scotland, should be made by the people of scotland. the challenges but the motion simply is going to collapse, as -- and as realistically is simply a scare story. on

i'll speak live with the pentagon spokesman, rear admiral john kirby about the new phase in the u.s.-led air campaign. tough talk from the president of the united states at the united nations. >> there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. >> president obama urges world leaders to join the battle to destroy isis and pushes them to cut off the flow of foreign fighters. hostage beheaded. isis allies in algeria murder a french tourist calling it a message of blood to france who has joined the u.s.-led air strikes. are americans in danger overseas? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer at the united nations. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> let's get right to the breaking news. u.s. and coalition aircraft this afternoon are carrying fresh strikes against isis targets in syria and iraq each as they avenge from the rubble of earlier strikes and under strong pressure from president obama the united na

continues to flow, residents are being told that the truths and pitch, and vegetables all grown in the reare johnare completely safe to eat. but is that true? joining us on set to discuss is greg lavigne. he has extensively covered fukushima prior to, and during his time here. joining us from sidney australia, she spent the past 42 years as an antinuclear advocate, and was nominated for a nobel prize. her upcoming book is called crisis without end, the medical and ecological consequences of the fukushima nuclear catastrophe. from burgington vermont, he is a former nuclear industry executive, who now serves as the chief engineer for the nonprofit fair winds energy education. joining us from big sky montana is radiation expert dr. robert gale, he led the u.s. assistance to the sow yet government during the chernobyl accident. and from japan, co director of the advocacy group, peace boat, he is a grass roots activist, that works with rests uh just about every someday. so helen, we are are 3 1/2 years past the melt down, i just mentioned the reports of kids and thyroid cancer, potentially from the ra

like -- this is not somalia and yemen, the resources they have the dynamic they created in the reare john, the thousands of people that are pouring in,s the roads they have inside may lead to some ebbs at the present time jordan. the expertise they manages to gather, this is a formidable enemy. i would not dismiss them and assume that by unleashing few militias after them, or hitting them by air, they will disappear. they will not disappear. this is going to be long term. entrenched. and my assumption the more you get others to sign off on doing this, and get them involved and in the neighborhood, the more chances you have in dealing with it. it is way beyond iraq, and it cannot be fixed by air. >> you sound a little skeptical about using the comparison to yemen in those two countries drones were used in order to decapitate al-shabaab and al quaida. the idea was to continue to take out the leadership and you neutralize the effectiveness, is that true. >> we all know that such radical movement of add kyle da, and it's different franchises. so to me, from my perspective, we need to be caref

both are true. >> rear admiral john kirby, i certainly hope it happened. you, and it's nice to speak with you. >> you too, shep, thanks. >> a little bit of news there. it was very soon, weeks, and whatever they planned last night if successful it will stop that imminent attack on either europe or the united states. we needed imminent. we'll be back. are the largest targets in the world, for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world. but systems policed by hp's cyber security team are constantly monitored for threats. outside and in. that's why hp reports and helps neutralize more intrusions than anyone... in the world. if hp security solutions can help keep the world's largest organizations safe, they can keep yours safe, too. make it matter. ♪ who's going to do it? who's going to make it happen? discover a new energy source. turn ocean waves into power. design cars that capture their emissions. build bridges that fix themselves. get more clean water to everyone. who's going to take the leap? who's going to write the code? who's going to do it? enginee

rear admiral john kirby, this is what he had to say. >> the sanctuary they have in syria is the hub, the headquarters, if you will, and so the targets that we've been hitting there have been getting to those commanding control capabilities that they have enjoyed inside syria. so how do you know that you're having an affect. well, it will take a while. we'll know when they have changed their operations. we'll know when we can see they no longer are flowing quite as freely cruise that border. we'll know when we have evidence that it's hard for recruit, train, or just aren't doing as much training and recruiting. >> decode this for me, mike. are the airstrikes in iraq and syria degrading isil? >> well, by the rear admiral's own assessment they can't tell yet. we're four days into this, and it's picked up a great deal. there has been diplomatic success, hard to tell what kind of impact it has had. one thing that the rear admiral john kirby did go on to say, to go after the four elements, two-thirds of the isil fighters are within syria. what they're trying to do within syria is hit the c

the central command which deals with all the countries there this reare john, and as you said, did work with the tribes in western iraq. he is working for the state department. and, of course, the bulk of this operation will be done by the department of defense. so it will be interesting to see how much power he is given to coordinate outside his own agency. i would have preferred to see him at the white house. >> also interesting to see how much support gets from iraqi forces. because if they are not up to the job it could be a disaster. >> well, disaster is too strong, it could easily be a stalemate if the forces and the kurdish forces aren't up to the job, and if there isn't some coordination and cooperation from the sunni among whom isil is living and receiving at least some support. we have heard particularly from obama and kerry, that there will be no boots on the ground, how is it possible to conduct and orbing ostrait these without american special forces being on the ground? how do you take cities without being on the ground? >> in the cities that's going to be very very diffic

ray swarez, the commitment of troops the resources to the ebola crisis a welcomed pledge in the reare john but with the numbers of sick and dying growing, world leaders are calling it a catastrophe. the disease is overwhelmed, lee beer yeah, guinea, and sierra leyon, and some say the tipping point has been reached we are live with that story at the top of the hour. so police may be one step closer to tracking down the suspects of an alleged hate crime, thanks to the help of twitter. wac with that story. >> yeah, tony, it only took about 24 hours for some users to gather a lot of information. tuesday night, police released this video. asks the public to help identify a group of suspects. police say the group approached two gay males and made disparaging remarks. detectives say the group held down the gay couple while other members of the group punched them in the face, the victims are now hospitalized. well it didn't take long before someone tweeted this out. they appear similar to the ones to the police video. police have yet to confirm it's them, but the restaurant tony was identified tha

for more on the president's strategy to degrade and defeat the islamic state, i'm joined by rear admiral john kirby. thank you for timing the taking the time to join us. >> great to be here. >> he's been quoted as describing the conflict by saying that world war iii could be at hand. how do you reconcile that with the president's refusal to say we are even at war? >> i think we have acknowledged that we are at war with i.s.i.l, in the same way that we're at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. we also know this is going to be a long term struggle. it is also, and this is an important point, one that is not purely militarily, not through u.s. military action alone. general allen will come along exactly in that vein, to maintain a strong coalition of partners that can go after this threat over the long term. >> talking about what our involvement will be, the pentagon had recommended that small contingents of u.s. special forces be sent in to work with iraqi forces and coordinate air strikes, but president obama said no, he didn't want to send that many troops in. is that the case? >> that was

air strikes in syria was starting, i was speaking with rear admiral john kirby. here's what he told me. >> i'm not at liberty to tell you too much detail because it's an ongoing operation although we believe it's wrapping up right now. coalition partners, we're conducting additional air strikes inside syria this afternoon. these targets are in the eastern part of the country and were really aimed at trying to get to the isil's capabilities at developing revenue. so really about going after some of the means by which they finance themselves. >> does that mean oil fields? oil refinery equipment? >> i'd really rather stay away from the specific targets because the operation is under way as we talk but they're trying to get at their streams of revenue. >> there are some reports that u.s. air strikes in the previous round had killed perhaps two of the top leaders of what's being called the khorasan group, an elite cadre of al qaeda fighters in syria. can the pentagon confirm that? >> no, we cannot. we've been obviously monitoring this very closely but as we speak toda

the aaron penny said this, rear admiral john kirkby, confirming with these words: zeina khodr, the rear admiral referred to partner nation forces much this is key, that arab nations are participating. to what level we are not sure. but they are involved in this. >> well, arab nations give this some sort of a legitimacy in the eyes of arabs. it is not a war waged by the united states against and in particular the sunnis. at the end of the day i.s.i.l. is a sunni force, and was able to set up base and get recruits because of the grievances of the sunni population in iraq and syria. first of all, it's an important political cover giving them legitimacy. as for partners on the ground, in iraq, the united states can work with kurdish forces, work with the iraqi army on the ground. there were air strikes, they carry out air strikes. we were there. they carry out the air strikes, and the local forces push i.s.i.l. fighters back. in syria, who are the fighters on the ground. the free syrian army exists only in name, and who does the united states consider to be a moderate force. so they are tal

right now rear admiral john kirby is briefing at the pentagon. let's listen in. >> and they are an economic asset to support future operations. producing between 300465000 -- 300-500 barrels of refined oil per day, isil is purported to again rate millions of dollars of revenue from these refindlies. these were, as were the strikes we conducted earlier this week, strategic attacks meant specifically to get at the ways that this group sustains, leads and controls itself. there will be more. now, if i can have the first slide, i'm just going to walk you through some of the specifics from yesterday. this is a map of the area. you can just see as i said it was in eastern syria. we've located the three areas i talked about, sort of where they were, the strikes happened. twelve total refineries, twelve attacks. next slide. this is sort of a breakdown of how it went by the numbers. so 12 modular oil refineries, again, all in eastern syria. sixteen total fighter aircraft participated in this, ten from the coalition of saudi arabia and uae, six from the un

pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby describes the military action as u.s.ter, bomber and tomahawk land attack missiles. isis command and control, its headquarters, its logistics sites, fuel depots, weapons depots. geographical location are in and around raqqa, syria, one of the two capitals of the islamic state as it calls itself. a senior gulf diplomat tells nbc news other gulf nations, saudi arabia, the uae, jordan, bahrain and qatar are involved. this is 12 days after president obama's address to the nation outlining a strategy against isis. >> i've made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. that means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> joining me now by phone, colonel jack jacobs and here in studio, a terrorism analyst. let me start with you. the enemy gets a vote, as they always say. what do we expect to see from isis which is now, particularly against the dramatic ba

we're now joined by rear admiral john kirby, press secretary for the pentagon. admiral, are you concerned that isis may retaliate against some of the western hostages it is holding, such as what we just heard about this one hostage from the uk? >> we've remained concerned about the fate of the hostages that we know that they have. it's not something we've ever taken lightly. certainly it's something that we've never stopped thinking about. we attempted one rescue not long ago over the fourth of the july weekend. it's something we're watching very closely, as closely as we can. >> we're all learning about the terrorist group khorasan over the past week. what can you tell us specifically about the threat that they pose to the united states? >> well, i'm a little leery getting into the specifics of the intelligence matters, jake, but what i can tell you is we do know and had good, specific information that they were in the end game, very close to finishing their planning on a plot to attack western targets. either in europe or in the u.s. homeland. i think that par

what the president faces in the fight and the current secretary of state john kerry joins us live and we have pentagon spokesman rearjohn kirby and former nato commander wesley clark coming up on "new day." the sleekest... ...sexiest, ...baddest, ...safest, ...tightest, ...quickest, ...harshest... ...or nothing. at mercedes-benz, we do things one way or we don't do them at all. introducing the all-new c-class. the best or nothing. what does an apron have to do with car insurance? every time you tie on an apron, you make progress. and we like that. because progress is what we make, too. whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. >>> strikes in syria are news all over the world. it matters most on the streets of the middle east. five arab nations are participating in the attack. so what is the reaction in that part of the world? cnn has reporters in several of the hot zones, let's begin with max fost anywhere abu dhabi. max? >> chris, leaders of the arab countries that ha

rear admiral john kirby saying this: we are at war.live at the white house where the president is expected to speak this morning in just about an hour. good morning to you, doug. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is a significant attack in its size and its scope. the president answering many of his critics with a multi-pronged attack which for the first time included attacks inside the borders of syria. the u.s. military employed an array of weapons, including 47 tomahawk attack missiles launched from the red sea and also from the uss philippine sea, a cruiser in the north arabian gulf, as well as from remotely piloted aircraft, bombers and fighter planes. there were a total of 14 strikes in all using roughly 100 precision-guided weapons. play ago supporting role were several members of the international coalition, including sunni arab states, bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and qatar. here is general jack keane talking about the significance of that. >> it's very significant that we have four arab muslim

or europe and we felt this was the right time to act. >> bill: reared a smirl john kirby. martha: we'll speak with press secretary josh earnest in studio. how did we go from isis being an imminent threat. iprise asked pe a simple question: in retirement, will you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. well, knowing gives you confidence. start building your confident retirement today. bill: korean prison camp for the first time since he was sentenced to six years hard labor for committing hostile acts. >> it's 8 hours of work per day. mostly it's been agriculture. other than that it's isolation. no contact with anyone. but i have been in good health, and -- bill: the associated press says matthew miller made that brief statement under close guard and was granted a 9-minute phone call to his father. he says he has written letters to secr

i'll speak live with the pentagon spokesman, rear admiral john kirby about the new phase in the u.s. campaign. tough talk from the president of the united states at the united nations. >> there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. >> president obama urges world leaders to join the battle to destroy isis and pushes them to cut off the flow of foreign

that is a statement from rear admiral john coby. he is the pentagon rest secretary. the independence line. timing isr me the traveling. obama is traveling to the u.n. today. it seems to tell to the world that the united nations is irrelevant. nobody discusses the united nations involving bombing somebody's country. and you -- and obama is coming now. it is not wise. saying thator me is the u.n. does not matter anymore. want to bomble countries -- for me the timing is a signal saying that no matter what, the u.n. becomes irrelevant. more on that united nations meeting later today. we will be joined by jay solomon . we want to take a look at a tweet this morning. a statement from the chairman of the house armed services committee. mckean writes that the men and women in our uniform once again striking at the enemy. this is one step in what will be a long's i against i sell. partner, arrelation capable military and a clear mission. it is a fight we can win. that is the committee chairman mckeon. he is on the committee that lawmakers passed last week. our next call this

to rear admiral john kirby. do you think this progresses, then sniff the brits have already prepared through their defense secretary this will take another two or three years, and yet it will only involve airstrikes, even though the belief is that airstrikes alone won't do it and we have said much to same, then what is going to happen next? >> well, you need three things here, right? in addition to airstrikes you have to have willing, capable partners on the ground. there does need to be ground forces but need be indigenous, the iraqis, kurds, syria, a modern opposition that can take the fight inside syria to them. number two you need pressure outside the military sphere. you have to put pressure on them economically. the department of treasury is working on options. you have to put pressure on them internationally, took not just from an economic perspective. number three, the hard one you need good governance. you have to provide alternatives to people so they're not drawn to this radical ideology and that come

this comment came in earlier from rear admiral john kirby who is the pentagon press secretary.reads in part as follows, the decision to conduct these strikes was made earlier today by the u.s. central command commander, that's the group that oversees the region. under authorization granted him by the commander in chief. we will provide more details later as operationally appropriate. still confirm thag this decision to launch the strikes was made today by u.s. centcom pursuant to authorization granted by the president. i want to bring in congressman peter king who's a member of the house homeland security committee and chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence. so congressman, you're reaction now. because the president came under some criticism for waiting too long to launch the air strikes that he said he was going to launch. the white house said we're building a coalition. tonight we're getting our first look at what that coalition -- how it looks. five muslim countries, sunnis who will be fighting other sunnis, no european allies. your thoughts. >> i

real -- rear admiral john kirby will be answering questions. pentagon briefing is expected to start shortly. live coverage on c-span. again, waiting for the start of the defense department briefing was rear admiral john kirby. while we wait, and look ahead to this week. here is today's pentagon briefing. things to open. first we have all seen press reporting about the potential l of mr. sotloff. informationve any today, and our thoughts and prayers continue to go to to the hardshipho've endured by virtue of just his captivity. i cannot confirm those press reports right now. i know you have all been tracking events in somalia last night. if you will bear with me i will walk you through what i can right now. yesterday at approximately 11:20 u.s. specialtime, operations forces destroyed and it can't met and a vehicle -- and in commitment a vehicle using laserguided munitions. we are still assessing the results of the operation, and we were provide additional information when it is appropriate, and i will not be able to provide specifics about the u

on thursday, two days after the attack on the village, pentagon spokesperson rear admiral john kirby said there had been no "credible" reporting of civilian deaths. well, for more, we go now to beirut, lebanon where we're joined on the telephone by nadim houry. he's human rights watch's senior researcher for lebanon and syria and the director of the beirut office. nadim houry, welcome to democracy now! tell us what you have found. >> we were able to speak with three local resident in the village of kafr deryan who told us there were two separate strikes that evening on the village, one that hit al-nusra group of buildings outside the village and shortly after, missile strikes that destroyed two homes in the village that killed seven civilians as well as two men. there are some contradictory information about the identities of these two men. one said they may have been missouri while others said they may have been civilians. will others said they may have insulin's. been civilians. , remnants of the tomahawk cruise missile in a video that was used on those homes. >> talk about the sig

today rear admiral john are kirby said we have a strategy. the pentagon says it does. >> absolutely there is a strategy for our approach to the middle east. i can only speak from a military perspective and for the pentagon. but we have been consistently going after the terrorist threat in that part of the world. military strategy with respect to the middle east has been clear. it's not just something we just started doing. we have been going after terrorist networks in that part of the world for more than a decade. with very good success. doesn't mean it's been eliminated. we have been active, energetic and the objectives have been clear. >> >> that's an absurd statement. we went into iraq, blew the country apart, created the opportunity for isis to grow. it was nothing. anything we faced from hussein. the idea that we have been winning this war against terrorism is ludicrous. we are facing a new danger now going after our people there, threatening to become a country. no one seems willing to take it on in the region. how can you say we are w

by the press secretary rear-admiral john kirby. always a pleasure to have you with us. >> how important was the first step. how do you measure success when you start a campaign like this? >> it is not insignificant in the first steps from an air strike perspective that we were able to garner the support of five arab nations who participated in the missions. not all of them in the form of air streaks, but all participan participants. it speaks clearly to the threat that i.s.i.l. poses not just to us and our interests, but the interests of those who have to live in the region against this kind of challenge that they are facing. we were thrilled we were able to get that kind of support. i'll tell you from a practical perspective that we were success: we are assessing and will throughout the day. we are analysing the degree to which what targets were hit, and how well they were hit. everything that we have seen indicates that the strikes were successful. >> some said i.s.i.l. may pull out of areas where they may be hit. martin dempsey,

joining us also, rear admiral john kishy and bill nelson from florida. later this hour we will be hearing from "hardball" host chris matthews. i want to start with admiral kirby. you said these strikes are just the beginning. >> you might imagine, i would put pressure on isil and iraq and syria. you can expect to see future air strikes in both parts of the world. we will continue to put pressure on the guys and make it hard for them to operate and communicate to finance and train themselves and sustain themselves. we won't get into future operations. >> about telegraphing, there has been criticism on that front. some coming up on the hill and said there is too much lead time and perhaps isis had opportunity to disburse them. >> we are still assessing the results of the strikes of course, but every indication we have so far is that we hit exactly what we were aiming at and have damaged severely their ability to sustain themselves and command and control their own forces. we are still assessing and will get more information as we go along. if there was a m

let's get more on this with the pentagon press secretary, rear admiral john kirby. you just saw this dramatic report and these pictures that are coming from where the kurdish peshmerga fighters are really begging for help. that's the question here, i think they're wondering. i know the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff got at this a little bit but he also seemed to describe a situation where if the forces are separate, which they appear to be in this case, that this would be an ideal situation for conducting air strikes. so where are they? >> well, we're putting pressure on isil from the air inside syria. we've done that all week. most of the targets we've gone after have been strategic, trying to get at their ability to sustain themselves. i'm not telegraphing future potential operations. but i can tell you the mandate to the u.s. military is clear. we're going to keep pressure on them in iraq and in syria and that's going to persist for quite some time. >> it seems like one of the issues has to do with spotters. there aren't really eyes on the ground in many o

joining us right now is rear admiral john kirby, pentagon spokesperson.nks so much, admiral, for joining us early this morning. the president did say his strategy is to destroy and degrade isis. did you know that and how do you plan on doing it? >> well, yes. we've been obviously engaged in trying to degrade and disrupt and destroy isil targets in iraq now for quite some time, but i would also say that we also are very well aware it's not going to be just a military solution here. there's got to be a broader-based strategy and we're working on that right now. >> admiral, he did say the strategy was to destroy isis, but he also said the goal was to make it a manageable problem. so that's two different things. one is to destroy. the other is to manage it. from the pentagon point of view, which one is it? >> it's actually both. i know that sounds a little bit -- >> it does. >> strange to hear. i know. >> you can't have both. >> i get that. but the only way you're going to destroy an organization like this is by defeating their ideology. you can bomb them eve

this is some context for the pentagon press secretary, rear admiral john kirby.apon -- chemical weapons and he said, no, at 9:10 am there had been reports that clorox bombs had been used. so we don't know. this is happening in real time. so "associated press" say it's happen. the activists say there has been a chemical attack. the best thing to do is wait and fine out about the facts on the ground. if assad crossed the red line is it possible we would have a new equation here? >> we have no idea where hannah graham is, that's a quote from the cops just a short time ago in charlottesville, virginia. comes as the suspect in the disappearance appeared in court today. police say they arrested him yesterday afternoon at a beacher in galveston in texas. the suspect, who is 32 years, named jesse matthews, may have been trying to escape to mexico. in court he agreed for officials to extradite him to virginia. fox news and legal analyst is here. i that you would him a person of interest. talked to him at bit. he got away. the lost the tail, suddenly shows up in galveston.

. >> from rear admiral john kirby, the pentagon spokesman, i'm quoting directly here.an confirm that u.s. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against isil terrorists in syria, using a mix of fighter, bomber and tomahawk missiles. we are not in a position to provide additional details at this time. the decision to conduct these strikes was made earlier today by the u.s. central command commander under authorization granted him by the commander in chief. we will provide more details later as operationally inappropriate." >> this is a story that has global implications. france's foreign minister confirms that militants linked to isis are holding a french citizen captive in algeria. they have vowed to kill the hostage if france continues its air strikes against the islamic state. the foreign minister says french air strikes in iraq will continue despite the militant's threat. listen to this. >> translator: france's attitude remains the same. we intend to do the maximum needed to free the hostages and more specifically, this hostage. but one t

secretary rear admiral john kirby was asked about that and this is his response. >> we've all seen press reporting about the potential murder by isil of mr. sotloff. i don't have anything to confirm it today. obviously we're monitoring it as best we can. and our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the sotloff family who has endured incredible hardship and suffering just by virtue of his captivity and being held hostage. i can't confirm those press reports right now. >> british prime minister david cameron has released a statement. he's saying sotloff's apparent death is, quote, an absolutely disgusting and despicable act. keep in mind the contents of this second beheading. it was just two weeks ago isis threatened to kill steven sotloff and we saw him in that video if president obama did not back off on air strikes in iraq and it was in that video of the beheading of james foley. in this video that we're focusing on today involving steven sotloff in the final moments of his life, sotloff spoke directly into the camera. he said he is, quote, paying the price for u.s. intervention a

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here is rear admiral john kirby speaking at the pentagon. >> number two, i know that we've all been tracking events in somalia last night so if you'll just bear with me, i'm going to walk you through what i can right now. yesterday at approximately 11:20 eastern time, working from actionable intelligence, using manned and unmanned aircraft, this operation was a direct strike against the al shabaab network, specifically the group's leader known as ahmed. i'm not going to be able to provide specifics about the unit or the intelligence itself and certainly not anything regarded to tactics, techniques, and procedures. and it resulted in the destruction of that leader. al shabaab was responsible for the west dlds gate maul attack which killed dozens and perceived allies a militant wing, al shab baub has occupied somalia since 2006 and claimed responsibility for the government workers, peace activists and journalists. department of state in february 2008, al shabaab has resulted in a loss of much innocent life. they've also continued to plan plots targeting westerners, including u.s. personnel in