host: salam al-marayati is the president of the muslim public affairs council.er that speech, do you think enough muslims are speaking up against jihadism? call this violent extremism. one thing we have to be clear about, we should not be countering jihad. we should restore the meaning of jihad. jihad, to the extremists, means holy war. in classical islam, it means "struggle." let us not use religious terminology in fighting groups like isis. it plays into their hands. they want this to be a war on islam, a war on religion. we should be at work -- at war on criminal behavior and terrorism. rather than dealing with these religious terms, i think we have to isolate them from mainstream muslim communities. and what i think the president is talking about in terms of violent ideology, let's face it. there are people in the region of the middle east that sponsored groups like isis. there are groups and powers in the middle east that have these ideas. about a battle of ideas, we should confront those groups in the middle east. i think american muslims have that ability

or foreign forces, salam will withdraw where airstrikes hit. >> they are loyal to assadar. this isn't a battle along sectarian lines. >> the first thing that islamic state does is evict families from their homes. we believe in the whole of iraq. we are not sectarian. we don't care whether sunni or shia. our message is of peace. there is no peace in the presence of terrorists. >> the shia militia and the iraqi army hold the upper hand. in the south, they outnumber isil and are fighting a less intention war. on saturday, thousands of supporters held a really in baghdad rejecting any form ofphon intervention. >> one of the main shia leaders has said that iraq's territorial sovereignty must be respected. for many, that's a veiled criticism of the u.s.'s airstrikes here in country. however, many other shia groups certainly in private if not in public have said that they welcome the u.s. and the international coalition against isil. . >> these pictures are a small example of how iraq's war is now playing out. a strong south, predominantly shia holding its own with the real warfar

be a positive contribution to the challenges that we're facing today in the 21st century. >> host: salamati joins us for about the next 40 minutes or so to take your questions and comments. our phone lines are open if you have questions for him. kevin is up first in stafford, virginia, on our line for republicans. kevin, good morning. >> caller: good morning. there's a lot of dancing around the words of what this terrorism is. first of all, timothy mcveigh didn't have anything -- he didn't do that act in the name of christianity. timothy mcveigh did that act in the tradition of the government's too big, and he was against the government. had nothing to do with his religion. all of the acts of terror that we see in the world today, including the one with chopping off the girl's head just the other day, are in the name of islam. and i'm almost done here. i want to make a couple points. the jihadists, isis, isil, whatever you want to call them, i know, sir, you are a muslim, but i'll tell you, these people will kill you just as quickly as they will kill me. this is in the name of islam. and

salam is peace. islam is submission. to deceive the public with their talking points they think because most of the american public does not understand islam, does not understand what islam stands for, has never read the koran, does not understand the prophet mohammed and what the prophet mohammed himself stood for. care's statement does not represent what islam is all about. >> michael it's unfortunate there is attention ominous limbs these days for actions of people who are part of extremist groups the reason there is that attention is because these people are doing it, isis, that is, in the name of radical islam. >> well, megyn, my heart goes out to the victims and their family i pray for their well being. islam does mean peace. some muslims don't do the right thing. in the united states we have 318 million americans 3 million of them are incarcerated. we follow the same constitution, same law. 316 million americans do the right thing. 3 million don't. it doesn't mean law books are wrong. >> do you think there is no c

mary car doe that, reihan salam, appreciate.bama will visit this address tomorrow night. not very common so this could be very significant. >> 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. western pacific time. i call it western. ahead at this hour -- you looking to get a new i own? there might be one. apple expected to unveil a new larger phone, bigger but, john, is it better? >> i'm not going to touch that one. >>> well, a little more than a half hour, that's how long you have to wait for a new iphone that you've been talking about incessantly since i got here today. >> here to tell us about the iphone 6, cnn technology analyst brett larsen. >> is his excitement warranted? >> it is. >> is it just bigger? >> yes. >> it's going to be bigger. it's going to have better battery life, the things we all hope for. and it will be a little bit faster, have a larger camera. >> we like things better. >> we wouldn't want to buy just a bigger screen phone. it has to have a faster processor and more megapixels from the camera. is it going to do something coo

jim acosta the, and jim sciutto, and rian salam and maria kor doe na, and ryan, thank you so much for joining many this morning. >> and we will talk about what it will take in the fight of ebola next. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ >>> this morning, president obama is outlining an expanded and military effort to contain the ebola outbreak in west africa. up to 3,000 u.s. troops will be sent to the area to coordinate a command center based in liberia which is ground zero for the outbreak. in the next six months, the united states could spend as much as $750 million in the operation to include the building of 17 new treatment centers and each with a 100-bed x capacity, and the president is going to tour the centers for disease control in atlanta later and give further e d

. >> we met mona salame at the orange county jail in southern california and she showed us a dish that won her praise. >> there's all different ways to make a spread, but we're going to make it with soup, popcorn, beans, pork. i love to cook everything with flavor. so i put a lot of spice into it. it will be ready in about ten minutes. so i'm going to wrap it up in the paper right now so you can keep the heat and cooks it up, because the water is not really that hot. i've been in the restaurant business for almost 15 years. so i better make the best spread. it has nothing to do with what i used to make but it's the flavor and the food and it's all the same. i'm done. >> i knew she wasn't going to eat this whole thing so when she offered it up to the crew, i felt inclined to try it. >> where am i going here? >> go wherever. go in the middle so this way you can -- >> get everything? >> go like whatever. yeah. get dirty with it. there you go. >> all right. here we go. it's actually really good. you guys can go to lunch without me today. got me a spread. i wasn't lying to her when i told h

. >> salam, thank you for being with me. i want to have you back.on we need to continue having. >> thank you. i think what is important is that we, the american muslim community, are that voice of moderation that people keep asking about. we're here and want to work with in partnership with law enforcement and other faith communities. >> we'll have your voice on this program more in the future. thanks. >> thank you. >>> a political odd couple of sorts today teaming up for a good cause. our five things next. a quick congratulations to the duke and duchess of cambridge who are expecting baby number dos. prince george turned one. and the big news coming from the royaling this morning. talk about popping babies out. our executive producer does the same thing with his wife. i don't know what is going on. there's something in the water or something. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. yoplait light is now

. >> joining us, reihan salam and sally kohn.tagon said wait, let us clarify it, that's hypothetical. obviously general dempsey would prevent all available options on the president but reihan, my question is this feels like mixed messaging, does it indicate a lack of cohesion behind the scenes and confusion behind the scenes? >> i don't think it does. i think the president is very firm he doesn't want ground troops in iraq but it's also true that it's the chairman of the joint chiefs to give at vice and to do that openly and honestly when under president bush when general shinseki said we're going to need possibly hundreds of thousands of troops in iraq he was doing his job and that ought to be taken seriously but the president is the commander-in-chief and the buck stops with him. >> it may that everyone is telling the truth saying what they think but the truth might be confusing. sally, i want to bring you in here because it's interesting. you are opposed to u.s. involvement in that region against isis. >> military involvement,

chorus of hawks calling for more action against isis what do you expect the apparent killing of stephen salam of the. well we're certainly going to war with isis one way or the other i think. a couple of my friends were very close to james foley and thought of him as a really great guy and. he was planning to. not go back to the war zone he was. a humanitarian he everybody loved him. he was a close friend of the director of my teenage son's school. when you hear these stories really. is really really disturbing it gets you get to in the heart. one thing i would say assuming that the second beheading is. an accurate story is that we have to rethink this idea that we never negotiate with terrorists i know that it's very hard for people but look over the past ten years fifty five zero. people held in the middle east by these groups have been returned for ransom fifty james foley's fifty sought laws have been returned only the united states and the british take the absolute fundamentalist position that we don't negotiate with terrorists in addition it's not even true. we recently negotiated with