chance they get including americans as they take control of some vast pieces of countryside from syria into iraq. now, u.s. air assets are in the skies over iraq and syria right now. we're already in this fight which brings us to the address tonight and our political director moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. the president just told you he was going to prepare the country tonight but for what? >> he's going prepare the country for what's going to be a lengthy style of war that he's been conducting over the last six years. this war against isis. this terrorist group in iraq and syria. he's going combat them the same way he's gone after al qaeda in places like yemen, afghanistan, ungoverned parts. his hope is over time they can degrade it. we'll see. >> the president approaching the podium. li here's the president. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what the united states will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. as commander in chief, my highest priority is the security of the american people. over th

iraq. are we attacking syria, yes, we are. i don't see us going into syria any time soon. you are doing a couple of things, one is putting pressure on them, because you are putting less resources into iraq. the first order of business for the u.s. government and the parties in the region is to get i.s.i.s. out of iraq, and secure the territorial integrity of iraq and shorton -- iraq and jordan. that's we expect to see. if iraq gets its act together and the kurds are are good fighting force, that we thought they were, i.s.i.s. will go back to syria, and that's a different chapter. >> will there encourage iraqi forces to get back on track and fight i.s.i.l., the ones that left. >> it may be a little inspiration, but the fundamentals, i think, are within iraq. why do people fight? >> they believe in their commander and the buddies they are fighting with. there is some sense of being an iraqi taking on an invader. that will be an important thing. i think this is the right question to ask - what do air strikes contribute. they can be positive. they are not a magic wand. it works

isis has moved from syria into iraq, has made major gains.nk they've -- one report i saw today said they control a territory with their terrorist army the size of the u.s. state of indiana right now. which is a huge swath of land, as you well know. how worried are the folks where you are, the iraqis, the kurds, the others, that isis has got some major momentum going? >> yes, wolf, people here are extremely concerned about the advance that isis has made. and it was a lightning advance. certainly over the past few months. until those u.s. air strikes began. it was interesting in this beheading video of steven sotloff, the executioner who we do believe is the same executioner from the james foley video, mentioned the bombings around mosul dam. we have spent a lot of time up in mosul dam over the last couple of weeks. this is a very important piece of infrastructure that was seized back by the peshmerga, the kurdish forces, early last week. isis took it at the beginning of the month. they did so very easily. just walked in. as the iraqis just wal

syria anymore. we saw when they were moving things from iraq into syria, kind of using it as a safe haven. ey were disbursing their assets in both iraq and syria. and we've gone after what we've been able to detect in raqqah. so this is the first, this is the start of a long campaign. i don't want to make it sound like this is a one-time strike. this is the beginning of a long, long campaign, and it's going to have to be followed up with action, hopefully, we'll be able to get allies to participate and go in there and root out this evil on the ground. >> as you talk about additional allies, though, we should note, we're looking at this screen with the five arab partners who participated as far as we know. there is a notable yoe mission as you look at syria. only one of its neighbors, that's jordan has participated. but turkey has been a country that has appeared to be somewhat reluctant to openly and vocally support u.s. or regional efforts. there was a communique that turkey did not sign onto. we have the unga taking place in the united states. does this help put pressure on turkey? and wh

iraq. they are not prepared to go into syria. you have the australians committing eight f-18 fighter jets to the war. john, momentum growing as military advisers come into the country here in northern iraq to train, assist and advise the forces. not just the kurdish, but the iraqi security forces to try to put together an effective fighting force to take the fight to isis on the ground. john. >> the size of the coalition and complexity will grow as they try to retake the major cities like mosul as anna has been telling us. anna coren, thank you. >>> the isis media machine is parading out another hostage to deliver its message. a slickly produced video with journalist john cantlie. we are not playing the video on our air. cnn's karl penhaul is live with more in london and the isis media machine. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine. as you say, john cantlie, a photo journalist, was kidnapped in november of 2012. he was traveling with james foley, the american journalist executed. they were kidnapped at the same time.

remember when they were upset about the bashar al-assad government funnelling foreign fighters from syria into iraq, in the 2006, '07 and '08 period. there are tense relationships with the neighbours, but you still have to talk to them. >> congress may vote on wednesday on arming and training syrian moderates. a congressman said it's not clear if the moderate free -- free syrian army is moderate. how big a problem will it be figuring out who we work with? >> it will be an issue. the free syrian army does exist. it's a loose group of militias that for the most part defend the towns and villages that they live in, it's not nothing. it's helpful, keeping i.s.i.l. from overrunning more territory. turning them into a force that can hold terrain that they take back from i.s.i.l., that's something else. >> what about the conflict within iraq's government. our military support was supposed to be predicated on them establishing a government including sunnis and kurd, not just the shia. they can't confirm the prime minister's forces for the ris. >> the prime minister nominated sa sunni to be the defence mini

meanwhile, iraq's new prime minister tells cnn that isis fighters who cross from syria into iraq have inflicted tremendous pain on his people. arab nations have joined the fight. >> we had one in the last two years. this is a danger. now i think we're happy that everybody is seeing this so that they're going to do something about it. and i hope they do something about and they do try. >> when the united states informed you about this new wave of attacks in syria, the officials formed the syrian government, is that correct? >> well, i understood america has informed the syrians as well. >> your national security officials have been with president assad recently. did they worn him or tell a president of the united states? >> initially i asked my superior visitor h sor that iraq will not play any part on the attack on syria. we're only supporting this in this containment. we shouldn't be disturbed from anything. we're not part of any question and we have been told by americans and other allies, their only aim is to crush isis. they haven't any plan beyond that. >> dash, a used word in ir

chance they get including americans as they take control of some vast pieces of countryside from syria into iraq. now, u.s. air assets are in the skies over iraq and syria right now. we're already in this fight which brings us to the address tonight and our political director moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. the president just told you he was going to prepare the country tonight but for what? >> he's going prepare the country for what's going to be a lengthy style of war that he's been conducting over the last six years. this war against isis. this terrorist group in iraq and syria. he's going combat them the same way he's gone after al qaeda in places like yemen, afghanistan, ungoverned parts. his hope is over time they can degrade it. we'll see. >> the president approaching the podium. li here's the president. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what the united states will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. as commander in chief, my highest priority is the security of the american people. over th

combat troops to go into iraq and syria. it is a dereliction of duty. under the current interpretation, it would be allowed. it seems to me that we've got to be sure that we don't get dragged into another iraq war. the president has made clear his intention not to put ground troops into syria and iraq. but it seems to me that congress has an absolute obligation that that is clear that he's not aut rised it going forward. >> everyone knew this was coming. and, you know, it was pretty clear. there was not a lot of appetite. the one vote it was on was arming and training the syrian rebels. that passed in both the house and the senate. there was zero appetite to vote explicitly on this. >> well, first of all, chris, i did have serious misgivings about the authorization on the syrian rebels. i voted against that provision. but you're absolutely right. this question of redefining and having a new vote on the 2001 aumf has actually been something some of us in congress have been trying to get for two years now. congressman adam shift for each of the last two ye

issued multiple reports warning of isis's rise in the months before it expanded from its base in syria into iraq, detailing both its growing capability and its growing ambitions to take over territory as far as bagz, the threat to the capital highlighted the very month before isis stormed across the border from syria. just last week, cia director john brennan said the cia also issued a broader strategic warning about isis. >> i think the intelligence community did a very good job on both those issues as far as trying to ensure the policymakers were informed about the evolving facts on the ground. >> reporter: the white house defended the president's statement today. >> everybody knew that there was a threat that was posed by isil. but what nobody could predict, as the director said, is the willingness of the iraqi security forces to stand up and fight for their own country. >> reporter: where all sides were surprised buzz the lightning-fast dissolution of the iraqi army in the face of isis's advance, something that apparently no one saw coming. i spoke today to representative adam schiff who's o

also see those fighters transiting from syria into iraq stopping and sharing their knowledge with extremist egypt to get its religious clerics to come speak out against isis in mosques and friday prayers. the country's top cleric just issued a very tough statement condeximning is iis. the u.s. wants to see more of. >> in each of the meetings that i had today we discussed how we could better accelerate the efforts in bringing more nations on board and in dividing up the responsibilities. >> and just who will be doing what in this global coalition still needs to be hammered out. >> the u.s. has launched some 160 air strikes against isis targeted but none of the strikes have directly targeted the group's secretive leader. our brian todd looks into why. >> reporter: he's considered the new bin laden. the man behind the tactics of beheadings executions and kidnappings. a pentagon spokesman is saying quote, we've not conducted any targeted air strikes on specific isil leaders. we need to be targeting the top isis military and strategic leadership. our policy up to now hasn't been good enough. it'

months ago, the request was made to start hitting these isis columns as they were coming out of syria into iraqhey were on the open desert and they were easy targets. now, if you wait for a year or two years and you dribble out a strategy, you won't put a decisive end to an organization like that. but on the other hand, if you have a very robust air campaign and you put together the coalition partners and you go in and arm the arabs and the kurdish forces that want to fight them, and remember in the past we were successful in getting the sunnis in an bar province to rise up against, you know, al qaeda and to defeat them, and -- but to do that it takes a strategy. and it takes a robust effort. now we don't want to see u.s. troops in there. we don't want to see the 82nd airborne put into this cauldron, but we certainly want those who have been fighting isis now for a considerable length of time to get the weapons, pick up the pace here. and i think if we pick up the pace, we're going to see a lot of discouraged young men who may want to take their western passports right now and get on a plane be

syria, which makes it a little more complicated. >> it must be a fantasy for those who fought in iraq who knew syria was a haven to all the al qaeda elements and all those who came into fight against us. we couldn't go across that line. we were unable to go across that line. we were afraid of expanding the war. now here we are years later forced to go across that line and syria sits there on their hands because they know that's an enemy they can't handle. >> in the persian gulf we have a crew of c-tomahawks and will be fired from that. for you, the enemy is among us. the white house confirming american fighters for isis are back on suflt -- u.s. soil. peter doocy from washington with the latest on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. summer is over and there may be an isis homecoming underway because some americans who left the states to trean and fight along -- to train and fight alongside isis are believed to be back in the u.s. the white house says they're being watched with a senior administration official telling reporters that, quote, some who have gone to syria, some who tried to go and some have come back and under active f.b.i. surveillance. the best

they are committed to a caliphate in the middle east part of the world that now stretches from syria into iraq. they want to stretch that into jordan and lebanon and into gaza. if we do not eliminate their capability by destroying them and killing those individuals, they may have the capability to do that. that is why it is so important that we use the only thing they recognize and understand, deadly force, to counteract them and destroy them. with effect to what the -- with respect to what the president said last night, we have been in conversation -- they have called me over the last several days, couple weeks, regarding our thoughts and opinions. the white house has reached out to both sides of the aisle. where they think we need to go with respect to this heated conflict. the president answered all the -- the president didn't answer all the questions last night. but look, this is not a partisan issue. we have got to -- it is not about giving the benefit of the doubt as much as it is joining as americans to solidify the offensive action that needs to be taken to kill this group of nasty ter

emerson just described have a rather circuitous path, often moving through turkey into syria, into iraq? how easy is it to track them so that when they try to come back into the united states or great britain, they can be identified, detained, investigated? >> well, it's not straightforward to stop people going or people returning. turkey is a very popular holiday destination for many british people. and millions go there every year. it's very easy to get a cheap, low-budget flight to turkey and then get a coach to the border and cross over. if someone's done that for a few weeks or even longer and decides to come back, unless they've popped up on social media and talked openly about what they've been doing, we're not going to know what they've been doing, these individuals. so it is very worrying that it is quite easy, in my opinion, to get back into europe, certainly, britain or america, certainly very easy to get back into europe from turkey and from syria. part of the problem is that the turkish government has actually turned a blind eye to these individuals because they have their

and now sometimes lingering among the pilgrims, they are taking them into syria and iraq to join the fighters of the group that calls itself the islamic state. turkey has made that a lot harder. >> ahead, it's syria. the smuggler told me that it's easy to get there, you just have to go through the border fence. not anymore. >> interpreter: the changes started 10 months ago, the turkish forces have been digging trenches along the border, guards and night vision goggles, and they have even shot at people. and it's much harder to get across. >> they have been across to fight anywhere east of the euphrates river. they will be welcomed into an area controlled by groups linked to islamic state. turkey doesn't want the conflict spilling over here. but the is is holding more than 40 turks hostage. and the turkish government worries that playing an active role in a u.s.-led military campaign could relative in isil taking out brutal revenge on those hostages. the human conflict, like dozens of turkish towns and cities, it hosts hundreds if not thousands of those escaping from the fighting. >>

would turkish soldiers go over that border into syria, into iraq and fight isis?here's what i'm thinking. you end up coordinating with turkey, you begin with airpower which would be american, also turks. turks have a very good air force. you have hot pursuit which the turkish army could do. day wouldn't stay in syrian territory but they'd two go in withdraw. it could be far more effective than anything we've talked about yet. until now, our big hole has been the lack of competent ground forces. the iraqis are not that good. the kurdish forces are good but small. this is a serious army from a serious nato country. >> fareed, do you think that will happen? >> i thing there's a chance. ardowan hinted in the meeting turkey was going to change the -- >> i love the fact you were in the meeting with the turkish prime minister. that's remarkable. hold that thought for a moment. i want to bring our military generals and colonel francona in as well. if you're watching the incredible live pictures we've been showing within the hour, gentlemen, this is from within inside turk

the country's new iraqi prime minister tells cnn that isis fighters who crossed from syria into iraq have inflicted tremendous pain on his people. hader al abadi spoke exclusively to christiane amanpour who asked what he will tell the u.s. president when the two leaders meet later today. >> well, i think we need concrete support. although the united states has supported us all along, they stood with iraq. but we need more concrete support on the ground. >> do you mean ground forces? >> no. i mean air cover on the ground. i have to see that effect on the ground. we want to see that the united states and the coalition have their own vision. we have our own. if our armed forces haven't received the support they are expecting, because if i'm having -- if our armed forces have an offensive in certain area, they will expect an air cover to support them. >> the iraqi prime minister also spoke about the conditions that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations in the region to flourish. and that is coming up in less than half an hour. >> we want to bring you some more reaction. syria's

this, i think a lot of these terrorists want americans to send another big army over there into syria, into iraqere we create as many terrorists as we kill. look, there are about a million troops in the turkish, syrian, iraqi and kurdish armies. they can deal with isis on the ground. america should be restricted to air power. >> let me go to the threat here at home. did you see today in the news that saudi arabia is actually building a fence on the iraqi border, a fence that we should be building on our southern border? i've always said and you've been so outspoken on the issue of immigration, the biggest need to control our borders is the fact that we've got terrorists that can enter this country. when i was down getting briefed by rick perry and a team of border agents down there, they were telling me they're capturing people from yemen, syria, afghanistan, pakistan. how important if we really want to prevent another 9/11 is it that we secure that border and make it a single top priority now? >> well, sean, look, we've seen terrorists come through the canadian border, which is much more secure

had crossed we would not have seen isis in control of parts of eastern syria and we would not have seen isis launch into northern iraqeaten a global terror campaign >> general mcnearney how long will it take before we think about going into syria? >> it may take us one or two months the way he's operating. i'd start tomorrow and it will be over in 90 days, particularly with the free syrian armies there and the intelligence we can get with them. we have 60 to 70% of the forces in place to do it. >> thank you so much for with us this evening. >>> with me now, the founder of the investigative project, steve emerson. steve, isis has americans worried. how justified are those fears? >> very justified. look, judge, the problem here is that it's not just a regional issue. isis definitely is a threat in the region of the middle east to the saudi arabia and united arab emirates and jordan. it's a threat to israel. but they are a threat to the united states. there are nearry 300 to 400 american volunteers with u.s. passports now fighting for isis. they can return to the united states any time they want. the fbi has been handcu

you cannot defeat them ever unless you send in ground troops into both syria and iraq. >> the strike, the air strikes can brush back, they are brushing back isil and they're necessary because you can't just let isil continue to take ground at will. they've already got a third of iraq and a safe harbor in syria the air strikes are appropriate bout in iraq and syria the weak link as pat says is ground troops and who will commit ground troops and the a hundred million dollars to train syrians, fighters, the moderates, that will take awhile anyway. the president is doing the right thing thichlt is really more, it -- this is really more, it is their fight. the countries over there are much more on the line than the u.s. is and the coalition he put together with the five monarchies that stretch from the moderate jordan to the more radically conservative saudi a arabia is impressive. when you have a female fighter pilot leading the battle fo united arabs, this is a ford thinking. they have to present their governments and if they don't get in the fight it is lost. the president is right to s

syria, the assad regime. the assad regime. supported the isis predecessor. assad allowed al qaeda in iraq to use syria as a platform for jumping intodred of young terrorists took flights to damascus. and you know, sneaked across the border into iraq through syria. following the start of the protest movement in syria. emptied islamists, in 2011. that prison was emptied. so that assad could resurrect the terrorist bogeyman. unless, the assad regime surviv survives, i believe isis, or terrorist group would regenerate itself while assad would observe. unless you deal with the root cause. you well not be able to defeat these terrorists once and for all. five, ten years down the road take action against the assad regime. isis, flourish against, under the regime. >> our correspondent, richard roth, talked to the syrian ambassador to the u.n. who basically denigrated the coalition that the u.s. has helped lead in these air strikes. i want to get your reaction. listen to this. >> the partners of combatting terrorism are syrian and iraqi governments. we are the main concerned parties to be coordinated with. not bahrain, not saudi arabia, not

it has swept across syria and into iraq, it has apracted more -- attracted more fighters from overseas and they take over territory to con script local fighters, some of them forcibly and some of them voluntarily, and it shoez you as the u.s. committed to destroying this force, how daunting that task will be. >> thank you so much. >>> and joining me now is four star general stanley mcchrystal. he led to the capture of saddam hussein. and he was transforming the elite into what they are today. and general mcchrystal, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> so how significant of a threat is isis? is it being -- our people making too big of a deal of isis, or perhaps is it an even bigger threat than is being discussed? >> i think they are a significant threat on many level tz. they are a threat to the state of iraq. they are clearly a threat to syria. i think they are a threat to the united states because they have the aspiration to be a transnational terror unit from which they can push ideas. one of the things that is frightening about isis now that al qaeda could not do i

president that came into office with the promise of ending the iraq war and his view to end the afghanistan war, last night announcing that the united states was going back into iraq and syria, now albeit in a more limited way, but still carrying on that air campaign, expanding it, sending 475 more military advisors into iraq, bringing that total now to more than 1600, so a certain sad symmetry to this day, and the events that have transpired over the last several days. del. >> also a day that changed lives, including your own, something you don't often talk about, but you were inside the capitol on september 11, and it's an odd turn every vents that has you standing where you are today. >> you're absolutely right. i'm not alone. americans and people around the world have a deeply visceral reaction to what they witness that had day certainly in new york and at the pentagon and pennsylvania. in pennsylvania, the heros aboard flight 93 likely saved the lives of many trying to overpower the cockpit. todd beamer and the rest "lets roll," that flight being scuttled and everybody dying in the field in pennsylvania. it's a very emotional day. one of my three children were born. i

john you cannot defeat isis ever unless you send in ground troops into syria and iraq. >> eleanor?> well the air strikes can brush back, they are brushing back isil and they are necessary, because you can't just let isil continue to take ground at-will. they have already got like a third of iraq and a safe harbor from syria, so i think the air strikes are appropriate both in iraq and syria and i think the weak link, as pat says, is ground troops and who is going to commit ground troops and the $500 million to train syrian fighters, the so-called moderates, that is going to take awhile anyway. but the president is doing the right thing. because this is really more it is their fight. these countries over there are much more on the line than the u.s. is and the coalition he put together with the five monday ark can is that stretch from jordan to saudi arabia is pretty impressive. whether you have a female fighter pilot leading the battle for the united arab emirates, a forward thinking company, this is looking at the future that has to come together. they have got to protect their gov

need to tighten their border security more to stem the flow of these fighters coming into syria and ultimately into iraq mentioned, john, the majority of these fighters within the ranks of isis are iraqis. this is also a big concern here that isis has this ability to exploit the sectarian divisions that really run deep in this country to really recruit more sunnis on the site or factor a fear, spreading the fear amongst the sunni community, forcing people to join their ranks or turn a blind eye. really, here, iraqis want more to be done by the international community. also made clear by president obama and other u.s. officials, iraqis here have a critical task. they need to bring the sunni's on board, the sunnis in the past have been key allies of the military here when they turned to al qaeda in 2006 and turn the tide in the battle against al qaeda and iraq, weaken the group after the u.s. military left things really changed here with what is set to be the sectarian policies of the government. more needs to be done in iraq and on the ground to try and shift the situation here and weaken isis in iraq. >

they simply cannot cross into syria or into hostile parts of iraq and recruit people.and i keep on hearing over and over again from people in the intelligence community how adept they are at defeating the national security agency and intercept. they have clearly read snowden's leaks. they know how the system works. they know about algorithms, they know about social media and i think that a lot of them will be able to beat it. and these are the ones who are going to be so difficult to run to ground. >> yeah. do you want to have one quick final word here? >> yeah. and i pick up on both what have they said. having run human operations in this part of the world is very, very difficult, because the hoops that you have to go through to prove to your new organization are dire, and inhuma inhumane. and what these young men will have to do to win the trust of their captors will probably put it over the edge. >> once again, breaking news that british aide worker david haynes it appears has been executed by the group isis. we'll take a quick break and see you on the other side. m

the go would say it has done everything it can to stop fighters from crossing from turkey into syria and iraqck in 2003 in the u.s. lead complain in iraq, the us-lead invasion of iraq, then there was widespread opposition to any military involvement in that campaign. this time, it is seen as different. this time turkey recognizes that these islamic state group is a group that needs to be tackled and challenges. >> all right. bernard thank you. >>> well, iraq's prime minister says that france has agreed to join the coalition to fight the islamic state fighters. they have been holding talks in bagdad. >> translator: our air power is limited, and it's not at the level we want. and in the future we want to develop this power, but for now in order to confront the islamic state we need huge air cover to be provided by our allies. the french go has promised that france will participate in the effort to strike against the position of terrorists. the u.s. has already begun to carry out air strikes. we don't want forces on the ground and they don't want to send any. >>> iraqi police sources say a tank

security council resolution asking states to stem the flow of weapons and fighters into syria and into iraq. so very clear that sunni arab states view isis as a real threat and they seem prepared to get more involved in the fight against the group. >> the german public is normally reluctant to allow for foreign engagement of its military forces or any sort of weapons deliveries to foreign countries. however, in the fight against isis, that is very different. the german government, as well as the public, approve of sending weapons to the kurds. something that the germans have started this week. they're delivering assault rifles, m-wrap vehicles, as well as anti-tank missiles. the german public is for that. they don't want to see german boots on the ground and german air strikes. >> there are for few areas these days where russia and the united states see eye to eye, but the emergence of isis has put them on the same side. moscow condemns the atrocities of the group as absolutely evil. for russia, however, that common interest has its limits. moscow has warned that u.s. air strikes against is

into syria overnight. major change which we all watched iraq war. look at images from 1991. how grainy they were and how hard to see. we thought it was extraordinary we could watch war playing out live on our cable television screens. remember that? i'm joined by david webb, host of david webb radio show on siriusxm patriot. columnist for "the hill." leslie marshall. radio talk show host. both fox news contributors. i was struck by this, good to have you both here this morning. it struck me that this will be the first war to watch played played out on youtube. the cameras were placed all over the ship. the angles are cinematic and it will have impact what the world sees, will it not? david, let me start with you. >> yes, it will, martha. i saw the first gulf war play out as you saw on tv. not so much imagery, but hd brings a whole new clarity from visual point of view but also what it can be used for. it can be used to demonstrate both to our enemies and our allies what we're doing. on the other side we should be concerned about what isis, who are very skilled at social medi

reach is not only in iraq and extends well into syria. international powers, particularly the u.s.have called to come up with ideas to deal with the group in the future. >> germany said it will join the fight against the islamic state group but will not participate in airstrikes. germany is providing military aid to kurdish fighters. as we mentioned secretary of state john kerry was in occur at this hoping to fight the islamic state group but the turkish government has not embraced plans by the united states and middle east nations to defeat the group. what's going on here? nick schifrin joins us now from jerusalem. how important would turkey be to this coalition? >> well, it's hugely important. today's visit to turkey had a military aspect. we need to remind everyone that this is the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. the humanitarian relief, half going to displaced inside syria and half going to the refugees outside of syria. the number of people who have lost their homes is one in three. dealing with the islamic state group militarily and for turkey that's about the border

bush's orders as his own authority for going back into iraq, going into syria.is consistent with the george w. bush policy of bypassing diplomacy, of bypassing the united nations. in addition, there have been no attempt to change our relationship with our so-called , whods, like saudi arabia have certainly been very responsible for creating a lot of the conditions that brought isis into place, along with of course the american military destabilizing this vast area of middle east and then resorting to more military action to further destabilize i. host: the house intelligence committee will hear on the president's strategy against isil. this will take place at 8:00 this morning. they will hear from jim mattis, retired. former investors to iraq, syria, and afghanistan will talk about these strategies to combat the terrorist group. see that on c-span3 at 8:00 this morning. here is another jay, independent line. hello. americai do not think can win because america cannot trust america. i was gung ho -- i am a 20 year retired navy veteran. i feel stabbed in the back

president obama, has unanimously approved a resolution to stop the flow of foreign fighters going into syria and iraqthis comes as we get confirmation from the pentagon that air strikes are continuing against the islamic state in syria tonight. mr. obama called on the world to group and hethe warned i.s. fighters to leave the battlefield while they can. here is our middle east editor jeremy bowen. >> the president's >> used to say that he had relegated america to the back seat. but now he is taking the lead. in the company, of his wife michelle, came, toermines to -- determined -- he reinserted and redefined america's leading role. told the obama assembled leaders and diplomats the future of humanity depended calledng against what he religiously motivated fanatics. especially the islamic state. >> no god condones this hair -- this terror. no grievance justifies these actions. there can be no reasoning, known negotiation with this brand of -- no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. the united states of america will work with a

they are committed to a caliphate in the middle east part of the world that now stretches from syria into iraq. they want to stretch that into jordan and lebanon and into gaza. if we do not eliminate their capability by destroying them and killing those individuals, they may have the capability to do that. that is why it is so important that we use the only thing they recognize and understand, deadly force, to counteract them and destroy them. with effect to what the president said last night, we have been in conversation -- they have called me over the last several days, couple weeks, regarding our thoughts and opinions. the white house has reached out to both sides of the aisle. where they think we need to go with respect to this heated conflict. the president answered all the questions last night. but look, this is not a partisan issue. we have got to -- it is not about giving the benefit of the doubt as much as it is joining as americans to solidify the offensive action that needs to be taken to kill this group of nasty terrorists. i was pleased to hear some things the president said. obvi

gets money and does recruiting and the flow of foreign fighters from many of the countries into iraq and syriahere in egypt, for instance, u.s. officials were telling us that some of the foreign fighters transitting through egypt are stopping, sharing knowledge, and coaching some of the extremist groups in egypt in the sinai. that's why isis is not just a threat to iraq, syria, and neighboring countries, but really the entire region. that's why secretary kerry was here. he also wanted egypt's leaders to use their religious influence. i mean, as you know, egypt is the heart of the arab world, the intelligeectual center. he asked for the cleric to speak out against isis. the top cleric in egypt issued a statement condemning isis after the beheading of the two americas in the gruesome videos. the secretary would like to see more of that, and this is part of the global coalition to hammer out next week in paris when all the coalition countries get together for a conference, and then at the u.n. general assembly the week after where, obviously, that's the top of the agenda with meetings on how to c

this is a product of isis' success as it's swooped across syria and into iraq earlier this year, those battlefield successes turned into recruiting successes and those numbers have gone up for a number of reasons. one, you have defections from other rebel groups in syria and elsewhere. they come to the guys who are winning. you also have as isis has taken over more territory, they recruited more local forces and fighters, some of them forcibly frankly. this is not all a volunteer force. but also as their international profile has grown, they are even more of a magnet for foreign fighters. you get to that point because the cia estimates there are 15,000 foreign fighters in syria. that's not just for isis but many of them have been drawn to isis and as we've discussed many times before, there are hundreds of europeans in isis and a dozen americans at least possibly more. >> and they pay these guys, right? that's an attraction too. >> they do. they pay. they also give them a cause. when you talk to folks drawn to this fight, even the americans, when you look at their stories, this is a ca

they're also looking at potentially expanding the military aspect of this campaign beyond iraq, into syria, and talking about robust consultation with congress. look at the top leaders. nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, harry reid, they'll be at the white house in a few moments for an intense conversation, we expect, with the president. and john boehner, the speaker of the house is saying, fine, it's great to sit down, great to have a conversation. what they really want is a plan. listen. >> when i hear what the president has to say today, we'll make decisions how we go forward, but until we know what the strategy is, we don't know what is going to be involved. and so it's critically important that we take these in some organized steps, and the first step is, what's the plan? >> remember, a year ago when the president was contemplating u.s. airstrikes inap syria, he stoppd short and took more time because he said he wanted to good to congress for debate and a vote to authorize military force. so far the white house is signaling they're not calling for such a vote in this case. p

syria. he is saying they are not going to go into syria, the airstrikes will take place in iraq. he is saying it is not going to be shock and awe, but will require patience as the situation may last over a year. >> what is the latest in london? >> there are two more arrests by the anti terror police. they took two men from a highway outside london, adding to the nine arrested yesterday, including this hate preacher. there was not according to british authorities an immediate or imminent threat, but certainly this group has been accused of being a terror group. >> also an arrest in spain and man co, as well. what can you tell us about those? >> that's just broken within the last hour. we're hearing from spanish press and authority nine people have been arrested, eight of them moroccan. they are used of carrying out training. the leader apparently was training his brother who was a former member of the spanish army in an explosive and weapons effort. >> the coalition is growing as airstrikes continue through the night in syria and iraq. after three days in new york at the united na

we have a huge freaking problem over here in syria, bleeding into iraq, could somebody help us?what i don't understand is why the press isn't pushing the administration more on why is this a crisis now? it didn't have to get to a crisis point. i find it very strange in a speech where you are laying out a strategy that you tell the enemy what your plan is. that could be an internal planning thing that three years is your plan. but you shouldn't tell the edge michigan that. >> but do you think obama, he says he doesn't like theatrics, but he's telling our enemy and all the audiences around the world, tune in on wednesday, because i'm really going to lay out this plan for you. what do you make of that? >> because as he said of the weekend, it's about the optics. which i hate that word, because it's such a political word. it's something that no average american would use or say ever. he needs to step up and have a moment where he's in the spotlight. i don't think anything seriously will happen until the next presidential election. >> in terms of fighting terrorism? i don't think the

council chapter 7 resolution to stop the flood of foreign fighters around the world, particularly into syria and iraq. so he's addressing that threat, which is a threat to the entire world, the united states and europe. it's very clear, and a spokesman for isis released a statement calling for attacks on americans and french citizens. that is the aspirational goal of these terrorist groups. that is why they have to be confronted and stopped. >> i want to talk to you about this oil money, which is giving isis a huge advantage. we understand that isis has about $1 billion in the bank. that's the expectation. destroying these oil refineries, does this really cut off the financial support to isis or is it just a drop in the bucket? >> well, this is part of a long-term strategy along five main lines of effort, as the president laid out. one is military support to our partners. one is countering the foreign fighters into these theaters. the third is counterfinance. we have to get t and choke off the financial streams of isil. isil is a terrorist group acting as a quausi state, and it needs financial resour