suspicion that his execution or one of his excusers may have been british, that is what is driving this alert. now, of course, the idea that british jihadis are fighting in syria, iraq or afghanistan, is nothing new. that has been going on for years. but certainly, nothing more than that seems to be at the core of this. prime minister cameron did go on to say that he has a number of measures in mind, both to fight radical islam abroad and also on the home front back in britain. what he's looking at doing in britain. he said he would give more details in parliament next week. perhaps travel bans for individuals suspected of trying to travel to join jihadi groups, possibly also withdrawing some of their passports. what he did also spell out was this could be a long drawn-out fight. in his words, he said this could be a generational battle that could take years or even decades, brianna. >> yeah, and you heard him there, carl, really managing those expectations by saying that. he was also talking really tough. how do you think that's going to play out on the streets? >> he certainly was playing tough. these are tough fighting words. obviously, a lot of the measures he's

could military intervention earlier and either serial -- syria or iraq stopped the state from growing into a force today? >> syria. tablets the intervention. not just against isis with to get them the regime. it would have had a salutary effect in syria. an iraqi problem is a little bit different. the administration is reacting to a discrete problem in the north of iraq. the balance of iraq, much depends on iraq e-government to come together that is inclusive. the disenfranchisement is giving this terrorist organization agreed to the firm to run. >> how much support do they have among muslims question mark is difficult to say. in 2006 2007 by al qaeda iraq was is the parent organization is a sickly put out of business when american versus -- forces tribes with sunni-arab basically marginalized them. this organization will put itself out of business because governanceal practices. >> the u.s. spent more than a decade fighting al qaeda. could this organization become an equivalent threat to u.s. interests or to the u.s. itself? >> it is an equivalent threat. it has transcended the knot

the last month alone several thousand have joined its ranks, including many from outside either syria or iraqre's a real danger. and that's what's going to make it really hard for the administration to figure out, how to deal with isis. up until now, whether it's in syria or iraq, we have tried to avoid that confrontation and let forces on the ground deal with it, but i think in the last two weeks, we have crossed there threshold in confronting them directly. u.s. intervention in iraq is no longer simply about creating safety for stranded minorities or protecting the capital of kurdistan. we have moved into a new phase i think of what was once dubbed the war on terrorism. this is a different group and with the execution of james foley, we now face a challenge not just inside iraq but also inside syria, and bringing justice, as the president has now promised, will involve some kind of dealing on the ground or by air in syria as well. >> wow. well, we'll see. robin, thank you very much. ahead, we're going to talk with a photographer who was going to meet james foley the day he went missing in s

british intelligence estimates there are around 500 britains fighting in syria or iraq with isis or other groups. some parliamentarians say it is higher, saying we haven't got a clue how many there are out there. but that threat is nothing new, not only in iraq and syria, we have known for a long time britains may be there. even before that in afghanistan. so really not clear there's anything right now at the heart of this. although of course, the prime minister has been under pressure to show that he is doing something, especially in the light of that brutal execution of american journalist james foley, and next week, of course, prime minister cameron said that's when he is going to talk to parliament about specific measures that could include withdrawing passports from those suspected of returning from jihadi combat zones and could include putting travel bans on those seeking to travel to those areas. but really, for many people they look at this more of the same. even cameron said this is likely to be a generational battle. it could take years or decades to fight the threat of radical

citizens have their passports in case they travel to syria or iraq and number of other measures that all strike me as extremely domestically oriented it seems that what britain this trying to do here is to keep those you know jihadists and those radicalized individuals have been a outside its borders rather than addressing the issue of violent jihad as at face value isn't again is isn't this approach again a bit too self serving some of the measures that are being put forward and you know i've been suggestions that are very very very very intense and very rigid going the way i think this is also like what you call a knee jerk reaction but i can understand you know that if people are going to go over and commit atrocities abroad and that stuns for everybody and for every other community as well not just muslims but if they didn't go out and sort commit violent acts abroad then i think about section but if we put in place no stripping them of their nationalities or their passwords you know this maybe this maybe i'd be less but good for what i don't think is going to be released to be p

lengthy period of time and jim foley was taken in 2012 when isis didn't even exist officially across syria or iraq potentially by criminal gangs who may have passed down the chain in the past months or so. an extraordinarily difficult time to realize that perhaps these hostages have ended up in the worst possible hands now part of some broader social media game being played by isis with washington having these warplanes above us. jake? >> nick paton walsh, my friend, please stay safe. >> i want to bring in paul cruickshank now. it it looks increasingly likely that the killer on this video was a british citizen. take a listen. >> we have not identified the individual responsible on the video, but from what we've seen it looks increasingly likely that it is a british citizen. this is deeply shocking. >> a former hostage tells the guardian newspaper that he recognized the voice. he called him john, one of three british members of isis who he says guard western captives. what are you hearing about this person's identity? >> jake, we don't know this person's identity yet. it seems authorities don't kno

it's a very -- he didn't want to go into syria or iraq, because he didn't want to do what george bush did. because as he said in his speech, i was elected to end the war in iraq, but it's a very juvenile behavior as commander in chief. >> is it possible the president has a real problem using american military power? >> i think that's part of it. >> we would love him to do that. >> that's obviously a part of it. but he has used it elsewhere. he used it even in lick yeah. but he has an iraq issue, because that, for him, is back to 2007 how out of nowhere he got to the white house, stunning himself, i'm sure. but americans, what's really fascinating now is americans are said to be, you know, tired of war, but they're also, as the polls show, they're also very tired of a feckless commander in chief. and they're very worried about the world going up in flames >> you hear it among top democrats, jim feinberg was quoted in the times, just kind of aghast and bee wiwildered by president's comments. it's completely adrift. jimmy carter's national security advi advisor. this is not a sense among

syria and iraq. do we have any idea how many other americans are jihadists serving isis right now, whether in syria or iraq? >> we do. the best estimate from u.s. intelligence officials is something on the order of 100 are fighting for isis and other extremist groups there. as remarkable as unique as this story sounds, there are dozens of americans who have made this incredible decision to go there and remember, we saw just how brutal a group like isis could be a few days ago when you had this terrible, this grizzly beheading of the american james foley. so we have this remarkable situation now, wolf, where you have americans on both sides of this conflict fighting isis but also fighting for isis. >> and the great fear is that they all these americans have u.s. passports potentially they could leave iraq, syria, go back to turkey, get on a plane in istanbul and fly nonstop to the united states and nothing would stop them, right? >> absolutely. they will might be missed. also, the possibility of other westerners returning to europe to do the same thing. >> but they do try, the u.s. intelligence communi

home secretary theresa may has outlined a series of new laws that will see people who travel to syria or iraq investigated by the security services and police those with dual nationality will be stripped off this is a ship and excluded from the u.k. as well as naturalized britons or those returning from the war zones will be subject to prosecution. a member of the muslim women's a network in the u.k. believes the government's policy is now well thought out. the strategy is that the government and the police forces of launching needs to be holistic not just a single prong which say it's ok we're going to prevent people or we're going to take away passports or whatever we need to provide support we need to look at why young people feel they have to go and educate them to know that what they are doing isn't actually helping islam it's not helping their faith and there are other ways that they can contribute to to what is happening there also needs to be support for people to be able to come forward and say that i'm getting a little bit worried about maybe my brother or my son and these are my co

unfortunately some of the path fromfor jihadist to go europe or another part of the world into syria or iraq tends to be through countries like turkey. turkey has a major role to play in interjecting and stopping the flow of terrorists, and also a real stabilizing force in the region. countries do you think are directly responsible for helping the islamic state financially? which other countries are you referring to? >> it is difficult to be precise . there is certainly reporting in turkey. are lot of days the turks working with us to ensure they are helping in the effort. if this is not a broad and comprehensive strategy to cut off the finances, to target isis with the airstrikes based upon good surveillance and info, as well as the coalition effort the administration is leading, it will be very difficult to begin with. >> a year ago you said you would support of airstrikes in syria. would you support them again now? you are suggesting you would. what specifically with the goal of the military airstrikes be? >> it is more complicated this year in the sense that last year the debate was the

terrorism and be it for the people in syria or iraq or beautiful people in the west the reality is that our policy has created instability in iraq and syria and terrorism in britain parties in the u.k. have been saying that to this could be multiculturalism going wrong how do you explain the highway to alba young people wanting to go to these holy war then how do you expect the british police then she deal with this. well i think i think that as i said he needs to be part of the shipping muslim community and everyone else seen the muslim community as a as a as a cause for the muslim communities actually could be their dissolution but also i think you know a month of racism which is and back riding on this so-called antiterrorism is actually the cause of alienation of this group of us i mean really this face it there are four million muslims yet and most there is a suggestion that a few hundreds of being misguided that does not prove the muslim community involvement or illusion in this that actually proves that the muslim community itself is not part of this and they need indeed could be

the difficulties of reporting from what used to be syria or iraq are pretty obvious right now. the difficulties of reporting from gaza have been discussed somewhat by myself and others. in iran, you have an "washington post" correspondent and his wife or are incarcerated and they are being cautious in what they say and how they say it so the authorities do not take umbrage at their reporting. i think it's getting very difficult to get a sense despite all the media we have of what is actually going on within these countries right now. to my right, michael. his insights are well-known. a critical part of the policy discussion for decades. he is a highly regarded expert. he maintains close ties to opposition groups in iran. he is the author of more than 20 books. keyes. him is david david keyes is the executive director of advancing human rights which he founded together with robert bernstein who had been the founder of human rights watch and was disenchanted with the turns they have taken recent years and he was the former head of random house publishing. david keyes was called a

he didn't want to go into syria or iraq because he didn't want to do what george bush did. as he said in his speech, i was elected to end the war in iraq. it's a very juvenile behavior as commander in chief. >> is it possible that the president has a real problem using american military power? >> i think that's part of it. >> he's reluck tants to do that. >> i think that's obviously part of it. but he has used it elsewhere. he used it even in libya very reluctantly. i think he has an iraq issue because that for him is back to 2007 how out of nowhere he got to the white house, stunning himself i'm sure. but americans, what's really fascinating, are said to be tired of war. but they're also, as polls show, very tired of effectless commander in chief and very worried about the world going up in flames. >> you even hear it among top democrats, jim steinberg, deputy secretary of state in obama in his first term was quoted in the "times" just kind of aghast and bewildered by the president's statement thursday nights, the one that we just quoted. a lot of top democrats are talking

whether that is in syria or iraq or both. agree it is easier to still do something in iraq which would demonstrate to the people, and i think it would have to be a fairly forceful action, that the president has rethought what he thought and is prepared to do things he wasn't prepared to do before. i was just in the most immediate term, i'm tempted to say whether it has to be in syria because as i said before, there is a window of maybe a few months, if that much. in iraq i would say the clearest thing he can do right now, now that there has been a rush to help, is to keep it going. it will be demonstrably different than the policy we have been following and because it will do some good. with aleppo and what is happening there, i wonder if there's a focus in the way there definitely was. if there is an opportunity there . the point i'm making is that syria may fall at some point. we did not even talk about things like christian minorities and things like this that are impinged by the bigger fight. but is there a moment with al

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not do nipping, allows someone else to determine what the new equal lib bree i am, not just in syria or iraq, but what it will be across the border region, and to the extent that the united states cares about that, and influencing in a more positive matter, we have to be involved in some fashion. it does mean we need to be engaged in this complicated three sided war. >> i did a little research, and i mound that going back to vietnam, almost every war or conflict, began with either military advisers on the ground, or some type of advise discoers. what are the hard questions that need to be asked at this stage? sure texas primary question is what is our objective. in dealing with isis was to protect u.s. diplomates. then our objected expand add little bit to deal with the crisis. and now some of the discussion you are hearing at least in iraq is buying the iraqi government enough time to get it's act together, so that they can take the fight to isis in their own territory. the object save much more complicated. initially we wanted asaad out, now we are interesting in dealing with isis as well,

instructive of our closest allies, egypt and the uae tom a have been launching airstrikes not in syria or iraq or isis, but in libya. that tells you about priorities. maybe it is obvious, maybe it is not, but many of these countries see mainstream political islam, whether you want to call the moderate or not -- groups like the muslim brotherhood -- as being more of a fundamental threat than groups like isis, and they have acted accordingly. this all means, assuming the obama administration does not do do, i think they dshould think we have to accept the islamic state will be with us for the foreseeable future. i do not know how long. and will be more entrenched in the territory it holds. i don't know what the after affects are going to be. al qaeda, it is often said, was originally born in the prisons andhe 1950's and 1960's nobody would have dreamed then that those events would reverberate for the coming decades. now,ry that isis looks bad but there are things that we cannot even imagine that might happen in the future because of and because we are not able or willing to do enough to stop the

home secretary theresa may has outlined a series of new laws that will see people who travel to syria or iraq investigated by the security services and police for those with dual nationality will be stripped of their citizenship and excluded from the u.k. as she also on the line did underline changes that would see naturalized britons fighting abroad stripped of their citizenship as well and while those returning from the war zones will be subject to prosecution political analyst david vance believes the whole of europe should be taking this issue very seriously. i think europe faces some very great challenges it does have within its borders a very. european population and a very young and fast growing muslim population and we see that manifest in countries such as france and belgium right across the place. these people do not appear to have the same values of those old european nations and therefore the question has to be who are all that laid and i think where that leads will be major trouble and potential violence right across europe and of course it's been facilitated by the e.u. opening

s home secretary theresa may has outlined a series of new measures so people who travel to syria or iraq could now be investigated with a dual nationality could be stripped of their citizenship as well as naturalized britons fighting abroad or those returning from the war zones they could be prosecuted the plans of already set a trend with norway now also considering revoking citizenship of people found taking part in terror activities or wars abroad and let's discuss this more now with the demon media spokesman for the muslim public affairs committee a group that dresses issues like islamophobia and anti terror legislation thanks for joining us let's just start with that horrific footage some people may have seen it before generally many won't but they know about the the footage of jihadi john as he's been dubbed beheading an american journalist it really did create worldwide outrage given the shock that it created can you not understand perhaps the government wanting to launch this crackdown. the thing is the problem is for the muslim community that they don't see the actual good inten

s home secretary theresa may has outlined a series of new measures so people who travel to syria or iraq could now be investigated those with dual nationality could be stripped of their citizenship as well as naturalized britons fighting abroad and those returning from the war zones could be prosecuted and the plans of already set a trend as well with norway now also considering revoking citizenship of people found taking part in terror activities or was abroad rather than a demon media spokesman for the muslim public affairs committee told me the new measures could further alienate british muslims. we're not having a discussion about the issue always that's being said is is you know we doubt these terrorists in your community who defines what's a terrorist who defines extremism and for muslims for many muslims the definition of extremism nowadays seems to be anyone that seems to show any care for muslims around the world are suffering from oppression what do you make of the police calling on members of the public to report on people that they suspect of being radicalized the anti terror

more and luckily i managed to come back i am confident that young men and women are going into iraq or syria you know when they're exposed to the the that the lines and the hypocrisy they want to come back and sadly at the moment there's no way for them to come back because they will they may be locked up and put away so that they to be a strategy to allow those ones who have seen them like this say you know be exposed to the procrustean lies and want out we allow them a safe passage back well mr coderre i think this is a very interesting point that you mentioned the disregard for human life and i heard you say in one of the previous interviews that some young people perhaps young. you know young man young women tend to remand to size conspiracy theories and this is something that may draw them into war zones and i think that was perhaps true for al qaida. our message really focused on the suffering of innocent civilians on the suffering of women and children but the i see this outreach program is very different they do the killing themselves and they're very open about it i mean they almost

alexander litvinenko eight years after the event plus pictures of a hot it's probably not taken in syria or iraq but in the heart of europe find out what locals in the hague had to say about the sanction a demonstration. well known told me my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports of. the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to. secure a car is on the docket. thank you no more weasel words. when you need a direct question the prepared for a chase when you punch be ready for a. freedom of speech little down to freedom to question. in fish farms waters. the pond to me because. i saw it spread all over norway is the most cultured food you have in the whole will profit drama zones in the fischel inquiry further more restrictions. really knows what's inside the field. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of warmongering politicians. capturing people is messy what do you do if they're innocent telling them easy we reserve the right to kill any person anywhere any time. they can

the home secretary theresa may has outlined a series of new measures so people will travel to syria or iraq could now be investigated and those with dual nationality could be stripped of their citizenship as well as naturalized britons fighting abroad now those returning from the war zones could be prosecuted the plans have already set up trend with norway now also considering revoking citizenship of people found taking part in terror activities all wars abroad but the most route is the a member of the muslim women's network in the u.k. says such a strategy is now well thought out. the strategy is that the government and the police forces the launching needs to be holistic not just a single prong which say it's ok we're going to prevent people or we're going to take away passports or whatever we need to provide support we need to look at why young people feel they have to go with many mostly me and people i think that there is a lack of identity that they decide and crisis that they are facing which is leading them to look for something that they can relate to and belong to and they want a

with newly convert bryza may has outlined a series of new laws that will see people who travel to syria or iraq investigated by the security services and police now those with dual national nationality will be stripped off this citizenship and excluded from the u.k. as well as naturalized britons while those are returning home from the war zones that will be subject to prosecution for more perspective let's bring in a must read as the a member of the muslim women's network in the u.k. . it's good to have you with us ma'am the police in the u.k. are encouraging the public to inform on neighbors and friends to the authorities that if they're showing signs of radicalism i mean would you do that. i think. if i was concerned about somebodies behavior and if somebody was showing signs of a change in behavior and demonstrating quite extreme views i don't know if i would go to the police but i would certainly try and speak to somebody and raise my concerns with them. i guess many of us will be asking how much of an effective war this new strategy be in the overall problem that is facing britain right.

to capture or kill him with a raid in syria or airaq, approach his family or relatives here and what impact could that have on other hostages held in syria or iraqa complex task. one vital for the foley family who want justice for the brutal, savage murder of their son. >> you are watching cnn. coming up, it's a night set to fill this room with television royalty and remembrance. we get a sneak peek at the emmy awards. >>> and as people around the world go through a trial to raise awareness and money, we look at a few people who haven't got the hang of it. that's next. heavy rains led to flash flood in puerto rico. for the latest on the new tropical depression, meteorologist ivan is live from the weather center. how bad is it? >> it is terrible for the folks in puerto rico. the images you were watching in an area of puerto rico where they have had a drought. now you go from yes, please bring us water to stop because we can't take anymore. that's exactly what is happening across southwestern puerto rico with heavy rainfall. the system is disorganized. it does not look like a typical tropical storm or hurricane because it's not yet. it is a tropic

unless his killers come back or leave syria and iraq, they're not going to be brought to justice.re's no government in that part of the middle east you can go to and say we want ext extradition order to get them out. unless you send in a squad -- it hasn't worked for americans when they sent in intelligents. they landed in the wrong place. if they land in the city, not easy at all. but the fbi are the lead agency on this. the victim was american, james foley. they're doing their best whatever resources they've got to try and find out who exactly was the person that killed him. the video is slightly confusing. it's a horrible video to look at. it's not absolutely clear whether the voice is indeed the person in the black mask. you can't see his lips moving. it's possible it's been put on after ward. one point about this, obviously the huge intention in the western media because james foley was a helpless journalist trying to do his job. this is happening to iraqis and syrians. it's happened to our arab journalist over the middle east for a long time. they're paying with their lives

you take off for syria or iraq. you think their intelligence service are not going to know who they are? every radical islamist in these countries that are citizens of these countries are now putting themselves on record as going out. so if it's up o to me, i would see them go out. >> i agree with you. there was just an american found dead in syria. thank god, he was killed over there without cause iing any problem. >> in syria, let's remember who our biggest ally was in the middle east in terms of the radical muslims in the '80s. it was saddam hussein. >> very good point. saddam hussein, mubarak, we facilitied all those removals and the country blows up. the terrorists see the the opening and take over. what do you do with assad? you have syria, who is just like saddam hussein or gadhafi. do you facilitate his removal because of humanitarian reasons and risk the whole iraq and syria blowing up? >> can't do it right now. >> assad is a vicious person, but he's not a threat to the united states of america. we him to s

syria and iraq should are said to be terrorists. in the telegraph johnson says we need to make it crystal clear that you will be arrested if you go out to syria orraq without a good reason. the law needs a swift and minor change so there is an assumption that the war areas had done so for a terrorist purpose. thinking -- speaking of threats. >> i believe that is a metaphor for what we are going through. should they be arrested when they go back to britain even if there is no actual evidence they were fighting? >> before the civil libertarians get upset at what johnson said, let's remember that people who go to a terrorist camp are not going for rest and recreation. they are going because they know it is a terrorist camp. in the most significant fact, when we attack terrorist camps, when they are killed, that's their problem. that's not our problem. they were there. that's the ultimate presumption of guilt. as for these technicalities when you are arrested and when you come home, you have to look at things like due process, i acknowledge. the fact is if they had gone over to the other side, it is an act of war against their country. i think we ne

they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. another american journalist is shown at the end of the video. the executioner speaking with an apparent british accent threats to take sotloff's life. he has worked as a contributor to "time magazine." no one knows how many thousands of saryns syrians and iraqis have died at the hands of the militants. >> we do have information that they continue these kind of crimes against humanity. there's no question about that. >> reporter: after dozen of air strikes against isis positions across northern iraq, the group may feel pressure but there is no sign it's abandoning its violence and horror. isis has some 10,000 fighters. it's now a group that the u.s. intelligence community calls a credible alternative to al qaeda with aspirations to attack the united states. and to date, no indication that the obama administration is going to holdback on further air strikes against any isis targets that it feels it wants to strike for humanitarian reasons if they are attacking some of these minority gro

so much the islamic state and that's there new name, they no longer want to be associated with syria or iraq islamic state. their effectiveness because they have sunnis on their side, the same sunnis that david petraeus you'll recall awakened, because of maliki's inept rule from baghdad. the real power in iraq right now is not so much the islamic state as it is the sunnis backing them and souddy saudis funding them. this isn't going to change in my view. the first thing we should have done sometime ago is worked hard to get maliki out of there and get someone in there who can be more tolerant of his brothers. >> colonel, have we learned something from this from our previous involvement in iraq that maybe democracy isn't going to work and maybe we went abridge too far in believing that maliki could bring some kind of inclusion and former government to iraq that we would never have to go down this road again. what did we learn? >> you're right that was an as pieration too far. i will say that we could have picked a better ruler. we could have picked someone who would be more -- not a jefferson

. >> he's also mayor boris johnson is quoted as saying anyone who's traveling to syria or iraq should be proven guilty until before being presumed innocent. >> most people would agree with that assessment 689you're highl like to be -- when you return to syria, according to boris johnson, you should lose your citizenship. because after all, islamist terrorism is a direct threat to the united states as will. >> how do these brits or the british government, how do they look at president obama and his handling of the issues. >> a lot of builts -- they need britain loongeside, he needs to outline a clear coherent strategy with regard to defeating idefeat ing isis rather than defeating them. >>> and the news about isis keeps getting grimmer. getting advanced news report on issis. what we know from this assessment is that it shows that there was definitely planning and prepositioning by isis. this was not a group that built this crisis on the sly. this is something that was laid down four years ago. he reformed the group if you will and decided to take specific aim at the iraqi security forc

saying they are welcoming any effort to strike at the islamic state group, whether it's inside syria or iraqf in syria they have a clear condition it has to be coordinated with damascus otherwise it will be perceived as an aggression. we do know in the past few months there has been some kind of operation on intelligence between syria and some of the western european countries in terms of more information and the sharing intelligence on some of these extremist groups. >> and, of course, this has come to a head pretty much because of that gastly execution of an american journalist inside syria and that has led to increased pressure on the white house to do something inside syria. >> reporter: well, that killing was a spark. but the reason is the logic is that you cannot really defeel the islamic state group in iraq without striking the positions and men inside syria. they have a continuing and porous borders and control over large borders in iraq stretching into syria so it's unrealistic to think they cannot detreat them without striking at them and the president were hoping the growing threa

americans who are over there fighting for isis. >> having an american citizen fighting for them in syria or iraq -- >> reporter: the fbi issued a bulletin warning -- report through social media. >> they know how to make home made devices, from materials they could obtain here. including the detonators, so they certainly had the capacity to launch an attack here. >> american citizens have already been investigated for possible ties to islamic militant groups. a north carolina man was stopped in august at jfk airport on a gun charge but was questioned at length for tweets he sent supporting isis. and a colorado woman was arrested in april for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. look at -- next potential threat to the homeland. >> as we look ahead and look forward, we are going to do what is is necessary to protect americans. so if we see plotting against americans, we see a threat to the united states emanating from anywhere, we stand ready to take action. >> allison cossack, cnn, new york. >> now to some news out of thailand, the down try's new prime minister has now officially