nbc's steve handelsman is live in washington, d.c. with the details. steve? >> reporter: janelle, thanks. there's more pressure on the pressure tonight from vice president joe biden, who true to form came out emotionally today talking about the murder, the cold blooded killing of steven sotloff, vowing to pursue isis to the gates of hell. which was a stark contrast for the president who weighed his words today and changed his words today, angering some lawmakers, particularly one senior republican senator who said isis cannot be nearly managed as the president implied. president obama's mixed message on isis came in estonia. the day after he learned of steven sotloff's beheading, many wondered if the commander in chief had a strategy yet for isis. >> our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy isil so it's no longer a threat not just to iraq, but also the region. and to the united states. >> reporter: destroy, but soon a back track. mr. obama said he wants to shrink isis' military capability. >> to the point where it is a manageable problem. >>

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nbc's steve handelsman has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good evening. building that coalition is proving difficult, surprisingly difficult. there are a lot of players with a lot of different agendas. good news, isis has been driven out of 12 villages in syria by the group ypk. but rival groups warn ypk is also anti-american. a remained ever of the complexities and dangers ahead. as secretary of state kerry worked in paris with the 40-member coalition. those nations vowed to fight isis by any means necessary. and after the behead are of a british aid worker, the uk may be more willing to join france, australia, and the u.s. in air strikes against isis. several arab countries privately say they will participate. and the white house insists they will go public soon. >> there is a clear indication that this coalition together is coming together very nicely. >> reporter: but all religious divisions are clear. the iraqis, shiites, now say they don't want air strikes. by arab sunni nations in the coalition. u.s. lawmakers want to hear about the ground war. >>

i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> the president's address comes hours before the country marks 13 years since the terrorist attacks on september 11. a new nbc news "wall street journa poll reveals nearly half the respond yenlts believe the united states is less safe now than any time since those attacks. memorial services will be held tomorrow at the world trade center and the pentagon as well as shanksville, pennsylvania. >> park police won't explain specific buzz they say they will have enhanced security measures in place. some staffers have been told to be prepared for the possibility of evacuation. >>> d.c. police confirmed an officer was shot. the man tried to run over an office order south dakota avenue. >> reporter: we're learning more about what happened here and the big question is what exactly led up to this police involved shooting. behind me, the scene is clear. we drove out here to the 2800 block of bladensburg road for a report of that shooting. police closed several streets around the area with crime scene tape. we saw this crash, two cars collided. police questioned peop

at the white house, i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> and now to the latest on white house security.he secret service has created a temporary buffer zone along the north lawn. the secondary fence runs along the sidewalk on pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house. the secret service tells us the buffer zone is temporary, and will be in place while they conduct a comprehensive review of friday's security breach. the intruder who jumped the fence and ran into the white house is being held without bond. >>> no country gets a pass on climate change. that word from president obama today as he joined world leaders for a climate change summit. the leaders promised to spend billions of dollars to take better care of the planet. mr. obama said the u.s. has made strides in reducing carbon emissions but acknowledged we need to do more. >> we recognize our role in creating this problem, we embrace our sponltd responsibility to combat it. we will do our part. >> the summit is nonbinding. the goal is to lay the ground work for a new global treaty on climate change. world leaders will meet a

steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> reporter: right, doreen, thanks. good evening. the so-called islamic state is so threatening, it's actually uniting this congress and the american people against it. it's not hard for president obama to sell a stepped-up war on isis. to congressional leaders who came to the white house. >> we have a very serious problem and what we need is a strategy. >> reporter: a year ago, president obama failed to get support for intervening in syria. since then, isis grew enormously there and invaded iraq. brutalizing local residents and beheading two u.s. journalists. 71% of americans now back u.s. air strikes on isis in iraq and 65% support air strikes in syria in the "washington post" abc news poll. so do some u.s. lawmakers and liberals and conservatives. >> if the mission is to degrade isis, i think you have to go to syria. that's where their headquarters is. >> let's destroy them. let's do it as quickly as possible. >> reporter: but president obama is no a rush. he's starting in iraq from the air. with kurds and iraqis hit

steve handelsman is live with the update. steve. >> good evening from new york city. with his coalition growing and already scoring an parent victory of the killing in syria of the leader of a dangerous isis like group, president obama was high profile at the u.n. all day trying to grow his coalition. to pull more nations into the fight, president obama personally chaired a u.n. security council meeting to keep isis from growing, preventing young muslims from leaving their home nations to join the jihad or wanting to. >> we must redouble our work to address the conditions. the repression, the lack of opportunity. too often the hopelessness that can make some individuals more susceptible to appeals to extremism and violence. >> reporter: outside the united nations was. >> anish:ty isis demonstration and syria and iraq, more air strikes and jordan's king abdullah boasted at the u.n. >> my country is at the forefront of this effort. >> reporter: today, a report that the leader of the violent extremist group khorasan said to be planning attacks on the u.s. homeland was ki

news4's steve handelsman is live now at the white house with more on this disturbing story. steve? is disturbing, pat, thanks. good afternoon. it means this is looking a lot less now like some kind of a stupid prank and a lot more like a genuine attack here at the white house on the white house. on friday. and it's adding urgency to the investigation to try to figure out why the officers here failed to stop exactly the kind of invasion they train to deal with. there were more police and barriers at the white house when word came friday's intruder was more menacing than he first appeared. 42-year-old omar gonzalez was formally charged with unlawful entry, but prosecutors said the army veteran was arrested in virginia in july with a shotgun, and a map with the white house circled in his car. carrying just a knife, he jumped the fence friday, crossed the lawn and got through the main door to the white house before he was arrested. no attack dog was used. no gun fired at him. the obamas had just left. former secret service agents are appalled. >> you certainly cannot allow an intruder

. >> it's a coalition president obama worked very hard to build and steve handelsman joins us live at the white house with the latest tonight. steve? >> reporter: jim, erika, thanks. at the white house in his address to the nation two weeks ago, president obama vowed to go after isis if need be, and said it would obviously be needed in syria. and he promised to do it as part of a coalition, including arab nations. now he's done it. out of the syrian sky came predecision guided warheads. 120 terrorists reported killed in all. here in isis command building, two dozen targets reportedly struck. in an air campaign that's just starting. president obama said it sends his message. >> to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. >> reporter: u.s. pilots flew from the persian gulf. four dozen tomahawk cruise missiles. three u.s. navy warships hitting four isis target areas in syria. five arab nations took part in the attack in new york this afternoon. the president thanked leaders of bahrai b

steve handelsman joins us live from capitol hill, where it is still unclear what congress' role will be in the decision making process. steve? >> reporter: that's right, pat. depends who you ask. good evening from the russell rotunda. now that house and senate lawmakers are back here on capitol hill from the summer break, president obama wants their support for a wider war against the so-called islamic state. but he says he does not need the okay of congress. lawmakers went back to work, worried about isis. >> the most pressing national security threat since 9/11 -- >> reporter: president obama will ask the american people wednesday to support a u.s.-led effort to destroy isis. congressional critics say it's about time. >> i do. i do. i think this is a gearshift for the president. >> reporter: many lawmakers demand a formal vote. >> i think he really does need to come to congress for not just consultations, but an authorization to use that kind of force. >> reporter: the president disagrees on "meet the press." >> well, i'm confident that i've got the authorization i need to protect t

nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman has the details from washington. >>> two jets took off the french base near dubai, refuelled in midair and bombed isis ammo and fuel depots in northern iraq. the first air strikes by another coalition nation. france opposed the iraq war in 2003. today the french join the u.s. in the war on isis. >> they're saying this one is okay, guys, this time around, we believe in what is being done. >> despite secretary of state kerry's efforts today at the united nations to get more nations to do more, two big u.s. allies have refused to conduct missions or send troops. >> they have to be a nato ally but they don't behave like an ally. >> the saudis stick their toe in the water but they're not all in yet. >> moderate syrian rebels that congress voted last night to support cannot fight isis until late next year. first they have to be assembled and each approved, three to five months. >> there will be a period of 8 to 12 months of actual training and feeding. it will be a little while. >> by then, could isis launch attacks on the u.s. homeland. one ex

steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on this. steve? >> reporter: thanks. two more votes, about a half hour, and it looks like the senate will definitely pass the continuing resolution which incidentally keeps government from shutting down. and in that is the authorization to train and arm these so-called moderate syrian rebels. the beheading of those two u.s. journalists dramatically changed the opinion of lawmakers, but the need to fight isis and now comes the charge that the so-called islamic state is already trying to export that signature terror tactic. an isis suspect far from iraq and syria. this was sydney, australia. police are holding six people who the prime minister charges got orders from a senior isis leader to behead random australians. >> to conduct demonstration killings here in this country. >> reporte >> americans will take u.s. passports after fighting with isis after training with isis to come back and commit unspeakable acts of terror here at home. >> reporter: to fight isis, the senate is set to follow the house and okay training and

steve handelsman has the details. >> reporter: a coalition is the obama plan. to strike isis from the air and on the ground. but in turkey today, recruiting for the coalition, secretary of state kerry again struck out. the turks will not bomb or send troops. kerry claims he is not worried. ten arab nations have joined the coalition but not one agreed to send troops or war planes. france has agreed to join the air war despite the obama promise. that won support from congress and the public. a coalition is not the key to beating isis say some. they say iraqi ground forces have to regroup and force isis out of the cities it captured so american air power can december nature the isis army. >> only the united states can do that. it's good to have allies. but we are the core. >> reporter: disturbing news. the cia estimates the isis army has doubled or tripled in size. new fighters attracted by the group's victories. and its brutality. 20 to 31,500 isis fighters says the cia. >> 30,000 fighters on the ground is a considerable force. >> reporter: that's less than the g

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from capitol hill, i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> coming up, we caught up with u.s. senator cory booker. hear what he has to say about isis and his opinion on how president obama is handling the situation. >>> there were three bird strikes at new york city's laguardia airport two. two express jet airline flights hit a flock of birds an hour apart. one was landing and the other was taxiing. there was no danimage to the planes and no one has hurt. a bird strike near the same area let to the miracle on the hudson. he landed the plane in the hudson river and earn was ee ve evacuated safely. >>> a bus was carrying a high school volleyball team and their coaches. home from a competition last night. the driver of the car was trying to cross the highway when it hit the back of the bus. the passenger in the car died. the students injured are expected to be okay. >>> madoff's last surviving son has died after a battle with cancer. he died at a new york city hospital. he was first diagnosed in 2003 but it went into remission. it returned in 2012. andrew and his brother mark wor

i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> the last day of chris christie's trip to mexico. he has been talking to the prechl can president and other leaders there. he is trying to boost investment and commercial ties between the latin american nation and new jersey. today, he is visiting a school and a park in a city where many of new jersey's mexican families have roots. >>> penn state is making a plea for civility as they continue to deal with the aftermath of the sex abuse cascandal. the president is calling on the school community to be polite even when they don't agree. the message doesn't mention sandusky or his arrest and c convicti conviction, but it does talk about whether the handling and resulting sanctions were appropriate. the president says the rudeness in debating the issues deepens the divide and sets a bad example for students. >>> clearly suck but lly sick spirits. that's the condition of the third ebola patient this year. he got infected while working at a hospital in liberia. he will not receive the experimental drug that the other two ebola patients wer

. >> nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman swrojoins us l in new york city with the latest on the new threat. >> steve, what are you hearing? >> reporter: jacqueline, keith, good evening. i would say that there's skepticism about this. the nypd says it will look into it. the feds say they will look into it. but this kind of amplifies in the minds of many u.s. officials the aspirations of isis. the hopes, the dreams of these terrorists to be able to attack in the u.s. and not any real ability they might have to do it. the warning, if you want to call it that, came from the prime minister, the new prime minister of iraq, the day after, meaning today, after yesterday, his first meeting with president obama, where officials said a short time ago that prime minister never mentioned any of this to the president of the united states. a former senior federal official calls this warning bunk. the director of the fbi says there's no more danger to the u.s. now this week than there was last week. that doesn't mean that iraqi intelligence officials didn't twa talk to captured isis members

. >> as steve handelsman reports these latest air strikes are targeting an al qaeda cell said to be intages of planning an attack against america. >> reporter: president obama promised to take the war on isis into syria and he vowed to do it as part of a coalition including arab nations and now he's done that. out of the syrian sky came precisi precision-guided warheads and 120 terrorives kill individual. two dozen targets reportedly struck in an air campaign that's just starting. president obama says it sends his message. >> to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terror i was who threaten our people. >> u.s. pilots flew from the persian gulf. four dozen tomahawk cruise missiles, three u.s. navy war ships hitting four isis target areas in syria. five arab nations took part in the attack, bahrain, qatar, saudi arabia, jordan and the uae, the obama coalition coming together. >> the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> reporter: this video unconfirmed by nb

news4's steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with reaction. >> reporter: lawmakers heard details of the obama isis plan in closed-door briefings and even those who want more, like u.s. ground troops in action in syria and iraq, even they say they mostly support the stepped up war on isis ordered by the commander in chief. >> here once more we -- >> reporter: president obama struck a triumphant tone at two days' 9/11 remembrance. >> america stands tall and america stands proud. >> rep and he talked tough last night. >> if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> reporter: but the obama plan to destroy isis has not yet come together. britain might not join the air war in iraq that's expanding to syria. in saudi arabia, that will help train anti isis syrians, secretary of state kerry said today, nine other a key democrat who once charged mr. obama, had no plan to kill isis, was full of praise. >> ten arab countries is -- gives us a good chance of success. >> reporte but none of the ten has agreed to send ground. >> some of these boots have to be on the ground. >> house

news4's steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the details. steve? >> reporte chris, thanks. department today named retired four-star general u.s. marine corps former commoner, john allen, to spearhead the so-called global coalition. so far, there is not much of one. but coalition is the obama plan. to strike isis from the air and on the ground. but in turkey today, recruiting for the coalition, secretary of. the turks will not bomb or send troops. kerry claims he's not worried. ten arab nations have joined the coalition but not one has agreed to send troops or war planes. so far, only france, whose president was in iraq today, as agreed to join the air war. despite the obama promise. >> america will be joined by a broad coalition of partners. >> reporter: that won support from congress and the public. but a coalition is not the key to beating isis, say some analysts. they say iraqi ground forces have to regroup and force ices out of the cities it captures so american air power can decimate the isis army. >> only the united states can do that. it's good to have allies. but we

from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> thank you, steve.fghanistan's new president was sworn in today. he replaces hamid karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since 2001. he's a former world bank official and afghan finance minister. karzai told the audience he was confident afghanistan was following the right path. >>> senior adviser to president obama says afghanistan will sign a deal tomorrow allowing our soldiers to stay in that country past the end of the year. john podesta says he'll sign it on behalf of the u.s. the agreement will permit 10,000 american troops to remain in afghanistan after the international combat mission ends on december 31st. >>> the federal aviation administration says it's going to take about two weeks now to fully re-open a chicago area control center where an act of sabotage brought the city's airplanes to a complete stop. they say employees started a fire at the facility on friday and then tried to commit suicide. travel was disrupted nationwide. there are still delays today. >>> new cust

nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama came to the u.n. general assembly after another set of u.s.-led strikes against isis. four in iraq by u.s. war planes and one in syria where an arab nation helped. and the president asked, what other nations will join the coalition? >> and whether we will come together to reject the cancer of violent extremism. >> reporter: the president is working to rebuild trust in u.s. leadership in the russia-ukraine, fight against ebola, and isis terror. >> and we have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism, and hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe. >> reporter: today, a report that the violent extremist group khorasan said to be planning attacks on the u.s. homeland was said to be killed in syria yesterday. president obama warned extremists -- >> those who have joined isil should leave the battlefield while they can. those who continue to fight for a hateful cause will find they are increasingly alone. for we will not succumb to threats, and we will de

at the white house, steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> elsewhere, a boat carrying hundreds of migrantss rescued off the coast of italy. it had nearly 500 people on board. thousands of people get on boats like this year after year to escape turmoil in the middle east and africa. amnesty international say more than 2,500 people have already died this year. >>> a mother from philadelphia says she is desperate for help and she's traveled all the way to washington, d.c. to get it. faith yezner took part in today's mom march as it's called outside the u.s. capitol. their goal, to get help for children across the country who are suffering from eating disorders. she says her daughter has been battling anorexia for six years. >> please open your eyes to the seriousness of this, your children are dying. it could happen to you, we need action. you guys can help us. >> participants in today's march called for more research and education tomorrow. the eating disorders coalition will also meet with lawmakers to lobby for more funding. >>> it's not really felt like fall. mother nature's beenç really

as nbc national correspondent steve handelsman explained, the president warned isis fighters to leavehe battlefield while they still can. >> reporter: to pull more nations into the fight, president obama personally chaired a u.n. security council meeting on keeping isis from growing. preventing young muslims from leaving their home nations to join the jihad or wanting to. >> we must redouble our work to address the conditions. the repression, lack of opportunity, too often the hopelessness that can make some individuals more susceptible to appeals to extremism and violence. >> reporter: outside the united nations was an anti-isis demonstration. in syria and iraq were more air strikes and, again, arab participation, jordan's king abdullah bolstered at the u.n. >> my country is at the forefront of this effort. >> reporter: today, a report that the leader of the violent extremist group said to be planning attacks on the u.s. homeland was killed in the u.s.-led air strikes in syria yesterday. in retaliation for france joining in coalition air strikes, an isis affiliate in nigeria put out

i'm steve handelsman, news4. back to you. >> thanks, steve. >>> it is not unusual to hear about the white house fence jumpers, but making it inside the executive mansion is unprecedented. tonight as secret service reviews its policies, we're looking back at other incidents and the close calls and the changes that have followed. mark segraves continues our team coverage, live outside the white house now. mark? >> reporter: well, you're right about this not being an unusual occurrence. a secret service report released more than a decade ago found there had been hundreds of securityreaches here at the white house since 1970, including two separate gunmen firing bullets at the white house, and more than 100 fence jumpers. every time there has been a security breach, there has been an after action reviewed to review the security procedures, and in some cases, like in this case, there have been security changes that will impact the public. up until 1995, you could drive down pennsylvania avenue right in front of the wh

steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: two jets took off from the french base near dubai, refueled in mid air, and bombed isis ammo and fuel depots in northern iraq. the first air strikes by another coalition nation. france angered many americans in 2003 by opposing the iraq war. today, the french joined the u.s. in the war on isis. >> they're saying that this one is okay, guys. they're saying this time around, we believe in what is being done. >> reporter: despite secretary of state kerry's efforts today at the united nations to get more nations to do more, two big u.s. satellites in the region have so far refused to conduct air strikes or to send troops. turkey, for one. >> they're an ally, because they're in nato. they have to be a nato ally, but they don't behave like an ally, right? >> the saudis, they stick their toe in the water, but they're not all in yet. >> reporter: moderate syrian rebels that congress voted last night to support cannot fight isis until late next year. first they have to be assembled and approved. three to five months. >> and then there will be probably

we just heard steve handelsman say it could be years, it could be an ongoing operation, christine. >> last night we saw the first of u.s. airstrikes on isis targets in syria and not the last. >> this is video from the u.s. navy. the view from inside one of of three war ships firing on isis targets like raqqa. the defacto isis capital in syria. the director of operations for the joint chiefs of staff said i would think in terms of years. the pentagon spokesman said last night's strikes were only the beginning. president obama also alluded to a long fight, but wouldn't put a timeframe on it. >> the overall effort will take time. there will be challenges ahead, but we'll do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group for the security of the country and the region and for the entire world. >>> president obama went on to say over the mnext several days he will meet with iraq's prime minister and members of the united nations to continue to build support for the coalition confronting isis. within the past hour we heard reaction from isis. an isis fighter told a journalist the

i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> in atlantic city, catholic charities for the diocese of camden offering a helping hand to casino workers who lost their jobs. 4 of the 12's city's casinos are now closed. catholic charities is staffing a hot line for anyone affected by the layoff. to help the unemployed tap into its resources or connect them with other agencies. >>> in north philadelphia, senior citizens attend a crime prevention university. representatives from the pennsylvania attorney general's offered up valuable tips today at the new courtland life center. they focused on door to door conmen and dealing with telemarketers. senior citizens are often the targets of those types of scams. >>> a judge says there will be no tweeting during friday's hearing for a pennsylvania teen accused of stabbing his classmates. the judge must decide if 16-year-old alex rival will be transferred from a juvenile detention center to a mental health facility. he was charged with stabbing 20 students and security guard at franklin regional high school in murraysville last april. his lawyer admits r

nbc 10 steve handelsman has the latest on the investigation of exactly what went wrong. >> reporter:here were more police and barriers at the white house when word came friday's intruder was more menacing than he first appeared. 42-year-old omar gonzalez was formally charged with unlawful entry. prosecutors said the army veteran was arrested in virginia in july with a shotgun and a map of the white house circled in his car. >> let's good! >> reporter: carrying just a knife, he jumped the fence friday, crossed the lawn and got through the main door to the white house beforeç he was arrested. no attack dog was used, no gun fired at him. the obamas had just left. former secret service agents are appalled. >> you certainly cannot allow an intruder to make it that far. if you have to kill the individual, then you kill the individual. >> reporter: president obama today was not critical. but the agency is investigating who made mistakes friday and why. here on the north side of the white house today, there's this new temporary fence but most of the white house fence as it was on friday, as

steve handelsman has the latest from washington. >> reporter: an isis suspect far from iraq and syria. this was sydney, australia. police are holding six people, who the prime minister charges got orders from a senior isis leader to behead random australians. >> to conduct demonstration killings here in this country. >> reporter: the u.s. faces that danger, say federal officials. >> that americans will take u.s. passports after fighting with isis, after training with isis to come back and commit unspeakable acts of terror here at home. >> reporter: to fight isis, the senate is set to follow the house and okay training and arming moderate syrian rebels. >> so there are moderates. if we train and equip them, they can be effective. >> part of the president's determination that is would not be in the national security interest of the united states to put american boots on the ground in syria in a combat role. >> reporter: but some see another iraq war that could end in chaos. >> intervention is not always the answer, and often leads to unintended consequences. >> my fear, i think the fear

you can see nbc 4 employers including steve handelsman. again tomorrow spectacular once again. the upcoming week is on monday. slight chance that you are dealing with rain during the afternoon. as we look to this week not only do fall temperatures return to the area but plenty of clouds as well. i will be explaining why in a minute. first let's soak up the fabulous weather. temperatures for the most part in the 70s and 80s. 81 in washington. 75 in gaithersburg. fredrick low 80s. culpeper at 79. dining out this evening firing up the grill perfect weather. here is why. it is going to remain comfortable through about 11:00 p.m. where temperatue in the upper 60s. we are not getting the chill in the air. as soon as the sun goes down but then overnight tonight with cool air and temperatures plummet. it was a cold start this morning. some locations were in the 40s. tomorrow morning no different. those of you outside the beltway going to feel the chill as well as some fog early tomorrow morning. so martinsburg dropped to 47 as well as manassas. low temperature in washington of 60 degre

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> it's early morning in scotland and the votes are thendependence referendum are still being counted. 4.2 million people were registered to vote and officials predicted a 90% turn-out. if scotland votes to leave the united kingdom, it would end a 307-year union. results are expected to be announced in about two hours. the polls going into election day were too close to call. >>> a push to legalize marijuana in the district looks like it might be successful in november. an nbc 4 washington post/maris poll asked voters if they would favor legalization. nearly 2-1, they said yes. only 2% said they're undecided at this point. meanwhile, in the d.c. mayor's race, tonight was the first time all three candidates shared the stage. tom sherwood moderated at american university tonight and chris lawrence is there now with what the candidates had to say. chris? >> well, bowser said david kit annia seems to take credit for every good thing that's ever happened in the city. he said that bowser has voted for every single one of his education proposals.

news4 steve handelsman is live now at the whous with the latest. steve.t the white house. >> reporter: thanks. the commander in chief will make two basic points, first, we do have no choice and second, this will not be another iraq or afghanistan. there will be no boots on the ground he will promise again, instead, a coalition with other nation's ground forces. about to go public with his plan, president obama asks the king of saudi arabia to join the combat coalition that mr. obama will promise in his speech tonight, will go on the offensive against the so-called islamic state. with more u.s. air strikes in iraq than perhaps strikes in syria, france today agreed to join that air war. ground attacks on isis would come from neighboring nations forces and kurds led by the iraqi army that secretary of state kerry said in iraq today is making a comeback. >> they know they need to succeed and i believe they're committed to it. >> reporter: isis grew quickly and beheaded two americans. >> these terrorists are brutal, driven and intent on attacking the united st

steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: on day two of the nato summit president obama working to build a coalition to destroy isis as nato members like the turks to join the effort, and mr. obama confirmed the u.s. success this week. the killing with a drone tuesday of a top terrorist leader in somalia to try to make clear the u.s. knows what it's doing. >> we are going to achieve our goal. we are going to degrade and ultimately defeat isil. >> reporter: more u.s. air strikes hit islamic state fighters today, but experts say just using airpower and just in iraq not syria cannot defeat isis. >> well, air strikes alone, we conducted plenty of air strikes in iraq and the years we were losing. >> reporter: nato leaders want iraq to fight he isis on the ground. >> i think it's very important that what we do is part of a comprehensive plan. >> reporter: the step by step process has support in washington. >> this president understands the logical succession of ready, aim, fire. there are way too many of my colleagues here whoment to shoot first and ask questions and plan later. >> in ukraine

tonight we begin with steve handelsman on capitol hill. >> reporter: thanks.in town today, the u.s. state department name, the u.s. retired marine corps retired general john allen, to spearhead what the state department's calling the global coalition. but so far, frankly, there is not much of a coalition. a coalition is the obama plan. to strike isis from the air and on the ground. but in turkey today, recruiting for the coalition, secretary of e kerry again struck out. the turks will not bomb or send troops. kerry claims he's not worried. ten arab nations have joined the coalition but not one has agreed to send troops or war planes. so far, only france, whose president was in iraq today, has agreed to join the air war. despite the obama prom

news 4's steve handelsman is at the white house right now with the latest. eve. >> reporter: there's a lot of planning to be done, and this will take a team of nations. >> nato members join the effort, and president obama confirmed the success this week, the killing with a drone tuesday of a top terrorist leader in somalia to try to make clear the u.s. knows what it's doing. >> it's not going to happen overnight, but we are steadily moving in the right direction, and we are going to achieve our goal. we are going to degrade and ultimately defeat isis. >> reporter: more u.s. air strikes hit islamic fighters today, but experts say just using airpower and just in iraq, not syria, cannot defeat isis. >> well, air strikes alone, you know, we conducted plenty of air strikes in iraq in the years we were losing. >> reporter: nato leaders want arab nations to fight isis on the ground. >> and i think it's very important that what we do is part of a comprehensive plan. vladimir putin warned not to menace any nato nations. the alliance ok'd a rapid reaction force to add

steve handelsman is in new york. steve? >> reporter: here in new york city, president obama had no comment about the new warning that isis planned an attack on the u.s. home land. the day after he met mr. obama, iraq's new prime minister caused the stir, claim fighters told iraqi intelligence had a plot to attack somewhere in the u.s. and to attack paris subways. u.s. intelligence estimates one dozen isis fighters with american passports have returned to the u.s. and the fbi

steve handelsman is in new york. steve? >> reporter: here in new york city, president obama had no comment about the new warning that isis planned an attack on the u.s. home land. the day after he met mr. obama, iraq's new prime minister caused the stir, claim fighters told iraqi intelligence had a plot to attack somewhere in the u.s. and to attack paris subways. u.s. intelligence estimates one dozen isis fighters with american passports have returned to the u.s. and the fbi admits it's hard to track isis intentions. but numerous sources say u.s. intelligence has no credible evidence of isis plots on the u.s. >> we have to take with a grain of salt any reporting from the iraqi services. >> reporter: it's the khorasan, struck in syria tuesday, and al qaeda in yemen that u.s. officials fear more. they say those groups are working on bombing u.s. airliners. as he shuttled between meetings, president obama got good news about his coalition to fight all the groups. the french may join in strikes in syria. germany delivered arms

as steve handelsman reports, the killings seem sure to increase pressure on the president to hit isis even harder. >> reporter: good evening here in washington. government spokesmen assume this is again inlike the one two weeks ago. they say they are appalled. the isis video said to show the beheading of sotloff is called a second message to america. the u.s. reporter who wrote for "time" was kidnapped last year. after isis executed james foley, sotloff's mother pleaded for steven's life. >> as a mother i ask for justice to be merciful and not pun osh my son formatters he has no control over. >> reporter: president obama okayed a rescue mission into syria. u.s. forced failed to find foley or sotloff. >> our thoughts and prayers are with mr. sotloff and mr. sotloff area family and those who worked with him. >> reporter: president obama is grappled with what to do. he headed to europe to focus on putin whose invasion of ukraine is challenging nato. criticings charge president obama not yet leading an assault on isis is keeping arab nations from joining. >> why would they take seriously

live from washington, steve handelsman reporting, now back to you. >> after the president's statement this morning, barbara boxer released this statement saying, "i support the president taking the fight to these terrorists with an unprecedented coalition of arab partners because we cannot stand idly by while their groups threaten america and the entire world." >>> now to the very latest on the king fire burning east of sacramento. the fire crossed into another county overnight and is now burning in the tahoe national forest, as well. despite all that growth, cal fire says firefighters have made great gains overnight. the fire is now 35% contained and the signs of it has not grown significantly. yesterday it was about 87,000 acres, today, close to 90,000. that progress is likely due to the army of firefighters working to put the king fire out. there are now 7,400 firefighters assigned to that pollock pines area. they'll have their work cut out for them today. crews are worried wind gusts and conditions can cause problems. >> police are looking into three burglaries at bay area car dea

steve handelsman live it at the white house with the latest on that part of the story. steve? >> reporter: thanks. pretty much everyone knows what happened when omar gonzalez jumped the fence, going right through the door into that north port co. but what secret service agents did and did not do and why is still not clear to their boss. and she got hammered on capitol hill. >> this is absolutely disgraceful of this has happened. >> r law eventuali r outrage at julia pierson. >> don't let somebody get close to the president, his family. >> reporter: she says she is still investigating the first-ever forced intrusion into the white house september 19th. >> i will make sure it does not happen again. >> reporte but as she testified came a fresh disclosure from the "washington post" that fence-jumper, omar gonzalez, who the secret service did not admit until today made it through the unlocked door deep into the white house, was stopped by an off-duty officer who happened to see him. no dogs were released. no shots were fired. >> i want it to be crystal clear. you make a run and a d

. >> it's a coalition president obama worked very hard to build and steve handelsman joins us live at the white house with the latest tonight. steve? >> reporter: jim, erika, thanks. at the white house in his address to the nation two weeks ago, president obama vowed to go after isis if need be, and said it would obviously be needed in syria. and he promised to do it as part of a coalition, including arab nations. now he's done it.

i'm steve handelsman, nbc news capitol hill. >>> she's charged with killing her two young children in maryland. tonight we are learning what happened in the days before the tragedy and why some are wondering if the killings could have been prevented. >>> a d.c. official murdered at this apartment in alexandria. a suspect arrested. he's on suicide watch. i'm pat collins. the story, coming up. news4. >>> and a new push to let students sleep in longer. we're going to find out why this proposal is getting some mixed reaction this is a different kind of airline. one that invented low-fares so everyone could fly. one that decides where to go next by putting your needs first. and knows people are its most powerful fuel. some say we do things differently. we say, why would we do things any other way? without a heart, it's just a machine. >>> her boss called her the rock of her department. mayor gray weighed in on her death from china. tonight there is shock and sadness over the loss of carolyn cross, a high-ranking d.c. government official, and there are questions, including why a neighbor po

congress today she is still trying to figure out how that security breach happen >> meanwhile, steve handelsman joins us at the white house with more on this report. a bigger security scare in atlanta. steve? >> reporter: thanks. credit where credit is due. all these stories are from "washington post" reporter carol leonnig all over this secret service scandal. now she reports that when president obama was down at the centers for disease control there atlanta two weeks ago, secret service let somebody get on an elevator with kim, who not only had a gun, secret service didn't know it, but had three prior convictions for assault. the guy gave himself away by trying to video the president. secret service said don't do it. they got miss name, ran his name. came up with three prior convictions for assault and battery. his boss and the security contracting company fired him and said he had to turn in his gun. and that's when the secret service learned and only then that a guy with a gun and three priors was in the elevator with the president of the united . if that had had come out in today's hearing

we begin with steve handelsman. >> reporter: this is looking less like a dumb prank and more like a real attack friday. it's adding urgency to the investigation to find out why officers here failed to stop the kind of invader they train to deal with. there were more police and barriers

nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama came to the u.n.

i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> islamic leaders in our area are denouncing the execution. news 4's mark segraves has more on reaction to the execution which came despite a mother's emotional plea. >> i want what every mother wants, to live to see her children's children. >> reporter: last week steven sotloff's mother released that video pleading with isis leaders to release her son who had been held captive for over a year and quoted the quran. here in washington islamic leaders condemn the execution. >> sotloff's mother was correct that in islam no soul shall carry the burden of another soul. we are to protect noncombatants. what isis is doing is in complete violation of human, international islamic traditions. >> reporter: we condemn in the strongest terms possible the murder of journalist steven sotloff. he, like jampz foley went to syria to tell a story. hey were civilians. their murders are war crimes and those who committed them must be brought to justice swiftly. the museum which has the memorial for fallen journalists had just installed this display about the execu

tonight we begin with steve handelsman on capitol hill. >> reporter: thanks. here in town today, the u.s. state department name, the u.s. retired marine corps retired general john allen, to spearhead what the state department's calling the global coalition. but so far, frankly, there is not much of a coalition. a coalition is the obama plan. to strike isis from the air and on the ground. but in turkey today, recruiting for the coalition, secretary of e kerry again struck out. the turks will not bomb or send troops. kerry claims he's not worried. ten arab nations have joined the coalition but not one has agreed to send troops or war planes. so far, only france, whose president was in iraq today, has agreed to join the air war. despite the obama promise. >> america will be joined by a broad coalition of partners. >> reporter: that won support from congress and the public. but a coalition is not the key to beating isis, say some an. they say iraqi grouped forces have to regroup and force ices out of the cities it captured so american air power can decimate the is