we're going to have more later with espn's steven a. smith. officials are now saying the administration is preparing a three-phase campaign to destroy the isis terror network which could outlast the remainder of president obama's term in office. the president is expected to address the nation on wednesday and inform the american people of his strategy. fox's own ed henry is standing by at the white house tonight. he has the details. ed, first it's no strategy then it's degrade and destroy, then it's, well, we need an international coalition and then it's managing the threat and then chase them to the gates of hell. what's going to happen on we say? >> sean, as you lay that out, you're right the president fumbled his first couple of attempts if you will to sort of explain this strategy to the american people. it took three news conferences over about a week here at the white house all the way over to europe before he did finally settle on that strategy. now as we press for details about what he'll say wednesday to flush all of that out, the whit

he hasn't hit any women. >> joining me now is steven a. smithf cnn's first take and the new steven a. smith show on mad dog sports radio. mr. smith, as always, great to see you. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> does it not bother you at all that apparently at least according to the reporting the nfl had this tape in april and roger goodell either did not know about it or he's not being truthful about it now? >> well, i certainly wouldn't say it doesn't bother me. it should bother everybody. the mere notion, the mere possibility that roger goodell an the nfl had the second videotape of ray rice punching then fiancee and now wife is incredibly alarming, unacceptable and just as unacceptable if goodell knew about the tape, saw the tape, sort of swept it under the rug and did nothing about it and suspend ray rice for two games but that's not proven. he's on the record denying he ever saw the tape in the interview to cbs and christine brennan and until we have further proof, my position has been clear that he is the commissio

we'll talk to steven a. smith about the league's response and what pro football needs to be doing going forward. also, new witnesses come forth in the michael brown shooting. we'll tell you what they're saying and why it could have a huge impact on the grand jury. >>> and new u.s. air strikes pounding isis terrorists in iraq. president obama will soon address the nation about the isis threat. but you won't believe who republicans are turning to for advice. we'll review this blast from the past next. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. centurylink >> our social media community is on fire about the ray rice news today. as we mentioned, this tmz sports video emerged this morning, and the

tonight, steven a. smith is here to weigh in on that decision. >>> and david limbaugh on his brand-new book, straight ahead. ♪ it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. >>> welcome back to "hannity." despe >>> welcome back to "hannity." despite some officials including the commander in chief insisting isis does not pose a credible threat to our homeland yet while others continue to sound the alarm on the radical islamic group's capabilities. take a listen to these chilling warnings and keep in mind they come just days before the 13th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. >> isis is a major threat to this country in the future and right now to the entirety of syria and iraq and the

. >> compare that to other suspensions, steven a. smith got a week suspension. espn -- first of all, why is everyone getting suspended? but second of all do they have a problem now with protocol with regard to how long they suspend certain people? >> they've got a big problem. if stephen a. smith was suspended a week and went on the air and said domestic violence victims are responsible for provoking their attackers and they suspend him a week for that. bill simmons gives his opinion on a story that they're covering on espn. they had an outside the lines article in which they insinuated that romer goodell and the baltimore ravens were together in this coverup, and so he kind of buys into what they're already reporting on one side of espn and gives his opinion and is suspended three weeks. and stephen a. smith talks about how the vices of domestic violence are to blame for their attacks and he is suspended a week. doesn't make sense. >> we don't know if he is being paid during the three weeks or not. van, thank you. >> talk about getting soaked. a major league pi

steven a. smith was on with hannity last night and he was asked that question, will he have the redemption, allah vick? >> nobody will touch him right now. but you have to consider that michael vick with the whole dog fighting scandal, serving 18 months in the federal penitentiary, is back in the nfl. they ended up back in the league. >> is this different, eric? >> yeah, i think this is different. i think this case, especially with the video, kind of woke everyone up to what's going on, what the nfl has or hasn't been, whatever, the point is, going forward, this is a brand that's an extremely profitable brand and they need women going forward to continue the brand and my guess is that there will be a team that wants them. there's going to be some dumb team that says you know what? i need a running back. and the team will step up and say i don't care if you -- >> they need to police and baby sit their brand a little bit better. you know what? this is america, everybody loves a fallen guy to come back

. >> steven a smith. he was wrong. >> he is always fighting the machine. i give him credit for that. >> and he is also not telling the truth. goodell is lying. >> if you want to fight the machine and keep having your platform -- >> the machine owns your platform. >> the machine pays you. >> the machine pays you. >> it is a business. why would you challenge your employer? i dare you to come after me. >> does he know espn was too much in the bed with the nfl? >> did he just want -- >> it is the fore front of sports news. they went back and said nothing. tmz broke the story. >> he is trying to be a journalist and say he is lying. you know what, i think he is lying. >> he is not writing the newspaper. he is on a pod cast. >> he will take keith olbermann's job on msnbc. he knows -- you are right he knows he will get hammered. there are probably other options for him. he is the guy who spoke truth to power. >> here is my theory, espn is caught in the eye of this pc tornado. at any moment somebody on your block and in your job will say something and they have to

because three weeks does seem to be somewhat strange given what happened with steven a. smith>> that was a one-week suspension for his comments about domestic violence. >> quote, unquote, provoking. i think they need to figure out a punishment structure like the nfl does because none of these suspensions seem to be tied to anything else. >> his job is to give opinions. >> and i get it. listen, i understand the idea that espn feels the podcast is under their umbrella and they probably should. they are paying for it. i certainly understand why they would feel that way. i think the difference is -- to go back to the point, the idea that the reason that he said go ahead, suspend me if you want for saying that was because simmons knew that goodell was a sore spot. going after goodell was going to be a sore spot with espn, but i think there is something -- a lot of this again comes down to taste. a lot -- you hear that clip and you hear him say he's a liar and you hear him curse and so on. a lot of people, particularly in the buttoned up worldth nfl, that's stronger than a lot of th

we're going to have more later with espn's steven a. smith. are now saying the administration is preparing a three-phase campaign to destroy the isis terror network which could outlast the remainder of president obama's term in office. the president is expected to address the nation on wednesday and inform the american people of his strategy. fox's own ed henry is standing by at the white house tonight. he has the details. ed, first

and so many people came out publicly, steven a. smith, others came out and said, she hit him and sort of acting as if that was a mitigating circumstance. now you look at the video and it's like. actually she didn't hit him first of all. >> that's what bothers me about the spitting report that you read at the top of the segment. doesn't matter if she hit him first or if she spit at him. the appropriate response to a smaller woman who's facing a big nfl player spitting at you, say she swatted at him or she spit at him. is to walk away, not to knock her unconscious. we talked about michael brown so much -- >> and then not even render care afterwards. that woman was dropped on her face, her leg was kicked. she was dragged twice by the man who was about to marry her. she was left in this awful position -- >> he doesn't even act surprised at what he did, as though perhaps this was not even the first time. he's not in shock that she's unconscious, perhaps dead. does he check her vital signs? no. >> none of that. and she's dropped again with her

our don lemon got espn anchor steven a. smith's take on that.ow he caught himself in controversy after talking that she may have provoked the response. but no one will say she brought this on herself after seeing the video. >> once the video came out, there's no question that nobody is going to come out and say she brought this on herself. you can talk to these tweets and what have you and you can surmise that's what they were insinua insinuating. after everybody saw this video yesterday, i don't think the nfl or anybody associated with this in any way or anybody that has two eyes and saw this would look to her and point the finger blaming her direction in any capacity. >> in a letter to fans, the owner of baltimore ravens acknowledged what ray and janay rice have been indicating since the february night he hit her. it happened one time. they told us nothing like this had happened before. he was showing great remorse. and again listened to the couple speak on the violence themselves. this is before the nation knew and saw what a knockout punch f

. >> they're also comparing the kinds of suspensions that he got versus say steven a. smithho said something that also was not very well received and something he shouldn't have said. there's this question about was the penalty evenly distributed? >> as you mentioned, derek, you create the monster. you can let the monster go if you want to and if you dare the person who is providing you your paycheck, guess, what they might do it. he said i dare someone to call me out. he said the commissioner is a liar and i get to talk about that if i want to. please call me and say i'm in trouble. i dare you. >> well, they did. >> reporter: no one is saying they didn't have the right to do it. >>> now we've got this whole procter & gamble issue because there have been a lot of sponsors pulling out of the nfl because of this whole debacle. >> now procter & gamble is pulling out of the nfl's breast cancer awareness campaign. p and g will still make a $100,000 donation to the breast cancer society. the company is urging the nfl to take swift and decisive action in dealing with domestic viole

a line of buildings on fire. if you guys do not get here, we are going to die. >> scott wickland leads ambassador stevens and sean smith to a spot in the bathroom inside the safe haven. the window there is barred. acrid smoke billows into the area. he hopes to get them to a nearby bedroom which has a window that can be opened from the inside. he says follow me and crawls toward that spot. it's dark and smoky. but he makes it to the window. he opens it and drops out. only then does he realize stevens and smith haven't followed. he goes back in several times but can't find them. finally, exhausted and choking, he climbs to the roof and radios alec henderson and dave uben, two security agents elsewhere inside the compound. his message, the ambassador and sean smith are missing. >> now, tig, you and jack and rone are going the front gate and it's open? >> when i was standing right here, the land cruiser came from this direction. i thought it was like bad guys still in the land cruisers. so i drew down my weapon. >> saw it was d.s. guys driving it. >> and that's when i heard, hey, we can't find the ambassador. started movin

. >> in fact, there was a commentary on domestic violence that got steven smith banned for a short periodtime. >> i think it is absolutely true. if he said a few swear words, i know exactly what that was like, more power to you. >> all right, stick around for the show. finally, some of the best political commentary can be found in "south park." and no one is off limits. >> my name is dan snyder, the president and owner of the washington redskins. we ask that you please stop using the name washington redskins for your organization. >> stop, but why? >> because we are the washington redskins and we are a football team. you have no right to use our name to get attention. you have to do something, commissioner goodell, what are you going to do about this? >> i will get it right and do whatever is necessary to accomplish that. >> this thing is broken! >> we can and will do more, do more, do more. >> all right, we have to go very quickly, greg, your thoughts. they nail it, don't they? >> now, can we agree that everybody has finally commented on this story? will two broke girls do an episode? wi

a line of buildings on fire. if you guys do not get here, we are going to die. >> scott wickland leads ambassador stevens and sean smith to a spot in the bathroom inside the safe haven. the window there is barred. acrid smoke billows into the area. he hopes to get them to a nearby bedroom which has a window that can be opened from the inside. he says follow me and crawls toward that spot. it's dark and smoky. but he makes it to the window. he opens it and drops out. only then does he realize stevens and smith haven't followed. he goes back in several times but can't find them. finally, exhausted and choking, he climbs to the roof and radios alec henderson and dave uben, two security agents elsewhere inside the compound. his message, the ambassador and sean smith are missing. >> now, tig, you and jack and rone are going the front gate and it's open? >> when i was standing right here, the land cruiser came from this direction. i thought it was like bad guys still in the land cruisers. so i drew down my weapon. >> saw it was d.s. guys driving it. >> and that's when i heard, hey, we can't find the ambassador. started movin

>> ambassador stevens and sean smith are forced to take refuge in a specially protected area, a safeen inside the villa. with them is scott wickland, a security agent charged with protecting the ambassador. they hide behind a locked gate. wickland waits in the shadow with a rifle, ready to shoot anyone who trying to enter form the attackers can't get in, but use nearby diesel fuel to set the villa on fire. >> from beginning to when you're ready to go, thumbs up, to the time when you actually pull out, what's that time frame? >> close to 25, 25 minutes. >> to bob, i said, hey, we need to go, and got the wait again. i got in the car and told t.o. get in the backseat, rone gave me a thumbs up, i gave him a th we left. >> you pretty much did it on your own? >> we were nevin gin okay. the final straw for is to go, at least my opinion, how i felt, one of the agent said, they're starting to light the buildings on fire, you guys need to get here. >> a number of people now, including the house intelligence committee, they insist no one was hindered to responding at the situation, 9 committee'

a u.s. compound in benghazi, libya, killing four americans including u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. earlier the mother of victim sean smith a very powerful moment when she spoke for the first time to three american security operatives who tried to save her son in benghazi. take a look at this. >> i wanted to thank them for everything they've done. i've tried to read the book. i can only get so far. but i'll read it. i love those guys. and anything they need, anything they need, i will be more than -- i'll sell my house if necessary for them for what they've done. >> we know that and if you've gotten that far in the book that your son was said prayers when we found him. and so we did say our prayers over him. >> you guys are wonderful. >> thank you. >> you're the son that i don't have anymore. >> thank you. >> now i've got three more. >> you got three. yeah. >> please, i want to meet you all. i want to meet you all personally. i want to give you all a big kiss and a hug. >> joining me now two members of the benghazi annex security team. chris and mark, they are the authors of the brand new book "13 hours, the inside accoun

smith. >> all of us. >> that delay of half an hour could have made a huge difference both to save the life of mr. smith and ambassador stevens and the other thing about this. we know at the tactical level you need to get in there immediately. you throw the enemy off his game plan. that gives you time to reassess how to get in there. this is the bad news. this standdown order wasn't just there. there should have been air power there. someone had to issue a standdown issue across the board. someone is lying. the moment this is reported, three separate commands all spring into action and things happen automatically. someone had to turn all those off. someone had to issue a direct standdown order. >> it's worse than that, tony and i'll tell you why. it's not just that they didn't get the order to go, the fast teams, the emergency response teams you had guys who wanted to go who were told you can't go. christian, what's your reaction? >> i think it just reenforces a lot of what we already suspected. first of all that the time made a huge difference. it wasn't the case that these guys knocked down a door and started shooting. they

again, as we adjourn, i want to adjourn in memory of chris stevens, sean smith, woods and y and pledge as that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect regardless

with me in again as we adjourn i want to adjourn in the memory of chris stevens, sean smith tie woods and clyde dougherty and pledge a process that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect regardless of their political ideations and with that we are adjourned. defense secretary hagel -. >> here or via the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i enjoy c-span everyday and especially i enjoy watching c-span3, to watch real america every sunday afternoon at 1:00 pacific time. i love real america. i have never missed one episode. please keep real america on the c-span schedule. i say what every american says, thank god for c-span. >> c-span has gone downhill, it really has. they have these neocons on, aei, heritage foundation funded by time warner and you can't say anything to criticize israel or they will cut you off and they cut you off with your question. also i want to make a comment at the national summit c-span3 which nobody watches and some people don't even get it. you had steven smith toske about the israeli relations. they were telling the truth and they aired it. and y

again, as we adjourn, i want to adjourn in memory of chris stevens, sean smith, woods and y and pledge arocess that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect regardless of their political ideations. with that, we are adjourned. >> finishing up this first of several planned house benghazi hearings. it will last into next year. check out our benghazi material at our video library. you have seen some of the tweets that we received across the bottom of the screen. on facebook we're asking for your thoughts on the hearing and the benghazi investigation in general. >>> the obama administration's strategy toward isis is a concern today. join us when john kerry will testify about that strategy. he is appearing before the senate foreign relations committee. watch it live right here. >>> here are a few of the comments we have received from our viewers. b especially i enjoy watching c-span3 to watch real america every sunday afternoon at 1:00 pacific time. i love real america. i've never missed one episode. please keep real america on the c-span schedule. i say what eve

the bottom line is that delay of a half an hour could have made a huge difference both to save the life of mr. smith and ambassador stevens. and the other thing about this, judge, we know at the tactical level that you need to get in there immediately. you throw the enemy off his game plan. that gives you time to actually reassess how to get in there. judge, this is the bad news this. stand down order wasn't just there. as you point out and others have pointed out there, should have been air power there. someone had to issue a stand down order across the board. she's correct. someone's lying. because the moment this thing is reported up the chain of command, at least three separate d.o.d. command, special forces command, european command springs into action. things happen automatically. someone had to issue a direct stand down order. >> you know what, it's even worse than that, tony, and i'll tell you why. because it's not just that they didn't get the order to go the best teams, the emergency response teams. you had guys who wanted to go who were told you can't go. christian, what's your reaction? >> you know, i think it

a fire burning inside the building, and attackers storming the compound, sean smith took refuge in a fortified room, but they were overwhelmed by smoke. video shows what appears to be chris steefrp stevensou compound. he was treated but later died. the first u.s. ambassador killed on duty since 1979. but meanwhile, a team of highly trained cia security contractors rushed to the aid of consulate staffers, evacuating them to a cia safe house and recovering the body of sean smith. two contractors, both former navy s.e.a.l.s, were killed by mortar fire when a second more intense attack was launched seven hours after the initial attack. despite the cia annex being nearby when the attack initially happened, members of the u.s. security team there say they were told by the cia station chief, a man they only refer to as bob, to hang back for nearly half an hour before going into help. had that security team not waited, would it have made a difference? could more have been done to save the lives of stevens and the other three americans? i want to bring in mark, chris and john, part of the global response staff of military special operate ares that were tasked with providing security in benghazi.

a stroilg make -- village to make this all happen. the groups on the ground that made this happen, is fernando smith, steven curry, who two 2 years ago when we got the money from the board of supervisors who said we wanted to engage more young people had three months 3 months to get this initiative up and running, deplore gloria page, williams, miller and deb really were the main crew that made all the components happen as well as the enterprise staff. they took the time to say these projects will be helpful. i just wanted to give them a very quick thank you as well. >>president vince courtney: a shout out, right? >> yes. a shout out to my people. i can take questions. >>commissioner francesca vietor: i have a question. i love this idea that the youth are getting exposed to different career opportunities through these learning projects. i also love the idea that they are getting some experience on the presentation and work that they have done. i'm wondering if this can involve in the strategy because even if they don't end up being a civil engineer or work for the puc they can develop skills around presentations and i know we are goi

again, as we adjourn, i want to adjourn in memory of chris stevens, sean smith, woods and y and pledge aess that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect regardless of their political ideations. with that, we are adjourned. >> the family of cia contractor glenn doherty who was one of the four americans killed in the benghazi attack is seeking damages from the state department according to the associated press. a wrongful death claim was filed by the family last week seeking $1 million from the two agencies . the executor of his estate filed a separate claim seeking a little over $1 million. the family argues that the u.s. post that came under attack in libya lacked adequate resources and personal despite repeated requests for more. >> the student cam video competition is underway. minutea five-seven documentary on the theme "the three branches and you." how action by any branch has affected you and your community. there are 200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling $100,000. for the list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam.o rg. >> ter

>> ambassador stevens and sean smith are forced to take refuge in the safe haven inside the building. with them is scott whitley a security agent charged with protecting the ambassador tore. they hide behind a locked gate. he waits in the shadows with a rifle ready to shoot any one who tries to enter. the attackers can't get in. but use nearby diesel fuel to set the villa on fire. >> from beginning to when you are ready to go thumbs up, you are ready to go out to the time when you actually pull out. what is that time? >> 35, 45 minutes. >> said to bob we need to go and got the wait again. i got in the car i said get in the back seat. he gave me a thumbs up i gave him a thumbs up and we left. >> you guys did that pretty much on your own. >> yes. we were never given the okay to go. we got the final straw for us to go at least that's my opinion and how i felt was where one of the dfa's said they are starting to light buildings on fire. you need to get here. >> they used the word stand down a number of people including the house intelligence committee they insist no one was injured from responding to the situation at

and again as we adjourned i want to adjourn in memory of chris stevens, sean smith, ty woods and glen doherty, and pledge a process that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect, regardless of their political ideations. and with that we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] the senate convenes in a few moments come than they were recessed shortly to attend a joint meeting of congress as lawmakers hear from the president of ukraine. when members reconvened they will start over four hours of debate on the resolution to fund the government until december 11 to attach to that measure as a house amendment authorizing an a to point to equip and train syrian opposition forces. the house passed that amendment yesterday 273-156. live coverage of the senate on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, who restores peace in human hearts, thank you for your many blessings. guide our lawmakers so that they will discern your purposes and become instruments of your p

a half hour later. >> if i gave you that 30 minutes back and i gave you some air power, would ambassador stevens and shawn smith be alive today? >> yes. to me without the delay they would still be alive. my gutt is, yes. >> reporter: are you in on that? >> i strongly believe if we'd of left immediately, they'd still be alive today. >> reporter: they talked about some of the confusion that night, including some frustration when state department personnel got lost. >> tells them make sure you take a left. in the confusion of the counter -- attack they take a right. i say to myself -- i can't say what i said to myself on camera. it was, damn, you knuckle heads. >> on fox news sunday mitt romney ripped the obama administration for not clearing up fact from fiction in the two years since the attack. >> this was a policy they said they would have, which is open transparency, but they have instead not been forthcoming in what's happened there. that's something which, by the way, doesn't just land at the feet of the president. it lands at the feet of hillary clinton as well. >> reporter: state department spokesperson j

a facility emblematic of our country was set on fire. and two of them were killed when they dared to fight back and defend themselves. and others. sean smith, chris stevens, ty woods and glen doherty represented us. they represented our country, and our values. we ask them to go. we sent them, and they were killed because some people hold a deep-seated animus toward us simply because we are us. so to the family and the friends, and the loved ones of those killed, we can never adequately express our condolences and our gratitude. as you have to the families you have helped each of us understand these four were not just pictures on a television screen. they were sons and husbands, and fathers and brothers and friends. and fellow americans. i remain hopeful that there are some things left in our country that can rise above politics. and i remain convinced there are fellow citizens entitled to all of the facts about what happened before, during and after the attacks in benghazi. and they deserve an investigative process that is worthy of the memory of the four who were killed, and worthy of the respect of our fellow americans. some question the need for this

and as we adjourn i went to adjourn in memory of chris stevens, sean smith and glenn nordby delete code 40 and pledge a process that was worthy of their memory and one of our fellow citizens can respect regardless of their political ideations. with that, we are adjourned. >> and coming up live on c-span2 former acting solicitor general in a panel of supreme court scholars previewed the upcoming supreme court term which starts october 6. the cases include the racial gerrymandering of congressional districts, whistleblower protections and liberty of prisoners. that is at 5 p.m. eastern. later a pennsylvania governor debate between governor tom wolfe in the cook political know report has the w race as one tht leans democrat. 3 for more on the race into race and tonight the date we spoke to a philadelphia inquirer fitzgerd reporter. phadelphia >> let's put let's put ainquiry philadelphia governor's race and host with tom fitzgerald of the: ho philadelphia inquirer. which mr. fitzgerald, good morning. cn >> guest: good morning. far >> host: can you set up the debate where the candidates stand as far as the

stevens, sean smith and ty woods and glenn doherty. but two years later, they want more time to prosecute the only suspect in u.s. custody. >> you're dealing with classified information and aerrorist who was part of al qaeda for two decades. so it doesn't surprise me that we've ended up in this place. >> reporter: the republican congressman on the house intelligence and benghazi select committees believe a lot of classified evidence will never get into court, warning the case may be weak and in trouble because of a political division by t decision by the white house. mr. wh >> when you force on a terrorist the legal system that wasn't meant to deliver the crime respect results are a mess. >> reporter: the judge granted a six week delay. former fcbi director robert mueller recently implied there are only a handful of witnesses and that the fbi placed blocks in libya. >> very difficult to identify witnesses and then to get two witnesses. one could assume that if you did have witnesses, you'd try to interview them in places where they would not be killed the next day. >> reporter: a leading analyst suspects politics played a role in if tthe timing. >> it looks like they're ru

a teaching assistant. she was set to return home to the u.s. in december. >>> the administration promised swift justice after the murder of ambassador chris stevens. foreign service officer shawn smithr navy s.e.a.l. ty woods and glen doherty in benghazi. but two years later, the u.s. attorneys office wants more time to prosecute ahmed abu khattala, the only suspect in u.s. custody. this week, government prosecutors filed a motion to bypass the speedy trial rule, and the judge granted a six-week delay, citing the fact that the attack, the evidence, and the witnesses are all overseas. in case you were wondering how much time did the big three networks devote to the second anniversary of the terror attacks, zero. >>> president obama authorizing air strikes on isis leadership as the plan begins to take shape. this as we find out the number of isis fighters in iraq and syria is much bigger than previously thought. for the latest, we turn to leland vittert, live for us in washington this morning. good morning, leland. >> reporter: well, good morning, heather. 20,000 to more than 30,000 is the latest cia estimate for the number of fighters who have sworn allegiance to isis, and it has cer

a comment. you have the national summit on c-span3 which nobody watches and some people don't even get it. and you have steven smith about the relations and they were telling the truth and they aired it. and you should have had that on c-span1 i think. >> i've watched "washington journal" for many years and i've seen many show that inspired me and remind me who i am. but this show this morning is the absolute best. it's impossible for me to describe it it's so good. just over the moon. in my opinion, the format of this show and the way that it's moved forward this morning, to me is the answer to all of our problems because what it does is it allows all of us to see an in depth look -- to have an in depth look at a specific problem or a specific topic that is important to all of us, to every last one of us, not just for the republicans or to the democrats, but to all of us, and it will, this will bring good to our society. and thank you so much. my hope is that we have many, many more of these kinds of shows. just like this morning. thank you. >> continue to let us know what you think about the programs you're watch