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. >> donald trump, the problem is you do not need to go to syria or iraq or anywhere. you can get -- become a militant on the internet by watching some of these so-called charismatic islamic extremists believe it or not, like alawaki, he's still radicalizing these people even after his death. how do you stop it? >> it's called freedom of the press, where they buy magazines and they tell you how to make these same bombs that you saw. people will go crazy. trump is against freedom of the press. i'm totally in favor of the freedom of the press. how do you like magazines that tell you from step one, go to the store and buy such-and-such, right? simple, simple, stuff and it's devastating. you look at that with the nails inside. they tell you about the nails. what kind of nails to buy. what kind of -- what manufacturer to buy. they tell you how to make bombs. we should arrest the people that do that because they are participating in crime. we should arrest them. instead they say oh, no, you can't do anything. that's freedom of expression. >> why do they allow the websites? y

suspected of using the encrypted messaging service telegraph -- telegram to communicate out of syria or iraqlaura: french charities say at least half of the migrants living in the so-called jungle stay incalais want to france. it is a stopping off point for people trying to reach the u.k. nicholas sarkozy wants british police to patrol the border. boarding the bus for one of france's orientation centers. each week, dozens of migrants choose to leave the jungle behind, and seek asylum elsewhere in france. >> a second bus will depart this afternoon, for the. people.th more than, 20 that's about 50 people leaving today. reporter: once seen as a stop on the way to the u.k., french charities say now about half of those at the camp wish to remain frenchce, and figured officials have seen an increase in asylum claims. aid organizations say there are shift. reasons for the there are fewer migrants arriving from countries with historical ties to the u.k., tightest security at the channel crossing has made it that much harder for migrants to slip across, and crackdowns on migrants in other french citi

syria and iraq against daesh. they're telling their fighters don't come to syria or iraq. or moving their command structure to libya. are we going to wait to concentrate on libya. then do we wait a year or two to bo them. they are reacting quicker than we are. >> the american strategy in syria and iraq is to use u.s. air power and train forces on the ground to fight the battle. that has the not worked. how do you move forward from here? >> i think the problem with the west they see a border between syria and iraq. a frustration for a few of ussen the area with wte the lawyers get into the act say there is an in the national border. for god sake, isis doesn't work that way. if you are looking wanting to play the game by your rules. knowing the enemy doesn't. we are not going to win this. >> reporter: jordan says it has flown more than 1,000 missions against isis and syria in coordination with the u.s. individually as they burned him alive. at the time, abdullah had two terrorists within jail. >> reporter: within hours of the video you hanged two convicted terrorists here in

hillary clinton saying she would not send large contingents of ground troops into syria or iraq.saying maybe we need new generals to deal with this because he thinks president obama has disrespected the generals. >> think about this. you have the republican nominee for president who is running on a platform of being to the left of hillary clinton and george w. bush effectively on the iraq war. it just really captures how much has happened since 9/11 and how different our politics are now compared to what was a much more conventional, you know, hawkish, conservative, dovish, liberal paradigm in the months and years after 9/11. and it's been really sort of turned on its head now. you have the republican nominee saying the democrat is the hawk. she is so-called trigger-happy he says. it's a fascinating term. >> do you guys agree that the national security establishment would prefer hillary clinton at this point -- >> absolutely. >> yes. >> the word "establishment" is critical. one of trump's strengths, as he says, these are the people who have gotten things wrong. the same people wh

she can't run on libya, on north africa, on supporting the iranian deal or syria or iraq or afghanistan or the russian reset. so every election -- and i have proven this many times on this program -- this is their old play book, republicans are racist, sexist, homophobeic, they're xenophobic if you believe in the rule of law, which by the way she once supported building a wall, or isl islamophobic. she can't say radical islam, anyone who can is suffering from islamophobia of some kind. this is their old play book. will it work this time? it has worked in the past. obama said bitter people clinging to their guns and religion and bibles with an antipathy toward those not like them. it is the same comment, isn't it, basket of deplorables? >> i think if trump sticks to his guns and continues to methodically reach out as he did in the detroit church, as he did in milwaukee, if he continues to crisscross the country telling americans the truth and offering positive solutions, i think he has a real chance to break through. i just did an event today at kinnesaw state today in georgia, i had a s

syria and iraq against daesh. the leadership, they're telling their fighters either "don't come to syria or iraq," or moving their command structure to libya. and so, are we going to wait to get our act together to concentrate on libya? and then, you know, do we wait a year or two to start helping the africans deal with boko haram or shabaab? so, we've got to get ahead of the curve because they're reacting much quicker than we are. >> pelley: the american strategy in syria and iraq, as you know, is to use u.s. air power and to that has not worked. how do you move forward from here? >> abdullah: i think the problem with the west is they see a border between syria and iraq, daesh does not. and this has been a frustration, i think, for a few of us in this area with our western coalition partners, for several years. you know, the lawyers get into the act and say, "but there's an international border." and we say, "for god's sake, isis doesn't work that way." so, if you're looking at it and want to play the game by your rules knowing that the enemy doesn' >> pelley: jordan says it has flown more than 1,000 missions ag

syria and iraq. >> you would agree. >> i would agree. but i thought it was an absolute statement of fiction for hillary clinton to say that we won't put ground troops in syria or iraq when we already have them there. that's spreading a false perception to the american public. >> we absolutely do and in iraq specifically. so you wish she had said what? >> i think she should have said that we're going to go with a special forces option that's going to include air strikes. but she should have been honest with the american public so that the public knows what we're getting into. whether you support the war or you don't support the war, it is important for us as americans to recognize we have soldiers going in to harm's way. you saw with joshua wheeler and charles keating, two special operators who were recently killed. we do have guys in combat and it is important as a country that we have both our eyes wide open to that fact before we commit to any sort of military action, even if it is a special forces type operation. >> what about donald trump? because he, too, was talking about war on terror he said he would be looking to military generals for guidance in how

hitting anyone in syria or iraq, what good does it do stopping someone like this. what's more is the more you are scratching into the background, the more there is a variety of different motives that went into the person doing this. he had animus toward law enforcement already. i think we have to be careful here. there are a lot of things we can do to alleviate the situation. removing al qaeda from the battlefield is one thing. that won't stop lone wolf extremists. it is important to remember not all lone wolf extremists are jihadists. what about dylan ruff? other people who aren't jihadists are capable of hurting people. they are online but it is difficult to tell when someone goes from consuming the propaganda to being willing to hurt innocent people. that's a big step. >> it is also as we look at the motive and psychology and so much has been studied about this in the last couple of decades, somebody does he want attention. does he want to be the hero. here you have a guy out in public. has to know that the entire new york/new jersey area is looking for him. he'

at the forum before a crowd of active duty veterans that she would not send ground forces in to syria or iraq. here she was last night. >> you said unequivocally last night that you would not put troops into iraq ever again. isn't, a, that ignoring some ground forces who are there, and, b, boxing yourself in should your military commanders, if elected, advise that you in fact need to do that? >> well, jeff, first of all, i've said that before. i've said it on numerous occasions. i believe it. i think putting a big contingent of american ground troops on the ground in iraq and syria would not be in the best interests of the fight against isis and other terrorist groups. in fact, i think it would fulfill one of their dearest wishes, which is to drag the united states back into a ground war in that region. >> there she was earlier today as you were asking her to respond to what she said last night. how did you perceive the answer? do you think she was walking back on her position at all? did she give herself wiggle room, jeff? >> i think she gave herself a bit of wiggle room. i'm not sure walkin

if this was somebody who had training in syria or iraq, he could put together a much more powerful bomb. but even the device, he was able to put together in the pressure cookers, could have obviously killed people. >> just to be clear, we don't know if there's connection between this man and an international terror operation that occurred at all. we do know his last known address was in elizabeth, new jersey. we continue to show this amazing video of him being put into the ambulance. jean casarez is there where raids have been happening overnight through today. jean, what are you hearing there now? >> reporter: well, we are about three miles from linden, new jersey. we are in elizabeth just as you said. i want to show you right behind me is the first american fried chicken where the fbi has been executing search warrants since the early morning hours here. they actually towed away two cars. they brought out at least one box of evidence. and i was able to confirm with the mayor that the rahami family lives atop that fried chicken restaurant. and the father and the two sons operated the r

allows the nuclear deal didn't even talk about, didn't even bring and stability in syria or iraq or stability in yemen or stability in libya. didn't even bring any of these things. just talk about a lousy, allowing iran to have nuclear weapons, the leading state sponsor of terrorism. the third part, this gets to your question, we have a common problem. that common problem is the rapid rise of radical islamists. that's a problem. everybody knows it. it's no longer just in iraq and syria. it seemed like 25 countries. i think if i have my data right we're looking at about 11,000 people just this past year to a would like 50 conscious of either inspired or corrected attacks by radical islam. we have a problem. that means where the potential common enemy. so where we have a common enemy, should we consider working with other partners come in donald trump tonight mention nato, he mentioned the neighborhood, the middle eastern neighborhood. we've had a great conversation in the last couple days with some of the leaders of the middle east. what do they want? they want u.s. leadership. right now there

we're not sending to syria or iraq. keeping in mind there are u.s. troops there. did she take something off the table that she shouldn't have taken off? >> i don't think so. she has a three-point plan on how to deal with the middle east. as we all know, this is a problem that's been going on for a long, long time. it doesn't lend itself to simplistic 30-day solutions. >> yeah, but as a commander in chief, do you ever want to take an option off the table? >> i think you can look at that one way or the other. i don't think she meant to take an option off the table. i think she meant to say that go in at the scale that bush and others have done in iraq. you know, one of the issues about secret plans and things like that are that if your enemy knows you're strong, and the men any knows you have a good plan, and the enemy knows you have the ur you're well led, that's deterrence. back when i worked on reagan staff, we would rather deter the enemy than fighting. hillary clinton understands that and she's laid out a detailed plan. the comments about our generals being red

committee by both sides of the aisle, but there are these clear alternatives to the current policy in syria or iraq i would lead to a radically different reality on the ground is fantasy. i hate the place we are in today. it is an ongoing global tragedy but this idea that there is a magic moment in 2012 that we could've parachuted onto the syrian rebels and they would've overrun aside is not true. russia and iran have had, for very long time, equities in that country that are unequal to ours. they are always going to come to the defense of asad. this asad that -- this idea that it would magically change the idea on the ground is a fantasy as well. our own military leaders have thrown cold water on this idea because it would involve some major ground forces to make it meaningful and there are very few people in this congress were willing to support the major deployment of ground forces.i ju i just say this because maybe,ng just maybe every bad thing that happens in the world isn't the fault of failed u.s. policy and maybe just maybe there are times and places where there is not always a u.s. answer.

for this transition where they're no longer a caliphate, they're no longer a physical difference syria or iraqut they are in moving to what is essentially their roots which is an underground insurgency and terrorist movement that can project violence throughout the world and different from where they are ten years ago. they ever cadres that have been trained and have military experience and will now be returning to perhaps their homeland or perhaps to other parts of the world to establish new caliphates or up in centers of control elsewhere. >> and you're saying you see them preparing for the new phase, meaning attacks on the west. it sounds like you would agree with the argument that a lot of administration officials have put forward which is that, to a certain extent, shrinking the caliphate on the ground, gaining militarily against isis might well translate into more attacks. >> it very well could be, especially in the short term. the positive, i guess, that you could see at the moment is the fact that by degrading them militarily they do lose a lot of their propaganda appeal. military defe

ground troops will go into iraq or syria ever again. t it turns out there are already nearly 5,000 u.s. troops in iraq as we speak, helping to coordinate the fight against isis. in fact president obama is sending another 400 into iraq just this past weekend. garrett, what did clinton mean? >> reporter: sandra, it's like my wife said when we were married, forever is a really long time. it's a bold statement to make. to add some context to her answer, though, this came in response to an army veteran's question, asking hillary clinton how she would decide when and where to send u.s. troops particularly in the war against isis. here is part of her answer. >> they are not going to get ground troops. we are not putting ground troops into iraq ever again. and we're not putting ground troops into syria. we're going to defeat isis without committing american ground troops. >> reporter: as you mentioned, though, that statement ignores the fact that there are already u.s. troops on the ground in both iraq and syria. according to the pentagon, there

whether it's in the counter-isil campai campaign, in syria or iraq, aqap was mentioned a moment ago. that's a serious one. and so our capabilities -- our military capabilities, all of this which we've honed now in the years since 2001, this is not going to go away. this phenomenon of defeating isil but there will be -- >> if i could ask you another part of the question. i apologize. i'm running out of time here. and you may have answered this earlier. i had to go out. but raqqah. when do you -- and obviously not a single date. but how are we moving forward? cut off a significant amount of the flow. where do things stand in raqqah? are we moving forward on that? do you see progress every day and what are you looking at a time when raqqah's liberated? >> i do see progress. we're working in that part of syria with the syrian democratic forces. they're the group with which you indicated successfully. and they and others associated with them will be the force that envelopes and collapses isil's control over raqqah. at the same time i emphasize and the chairman also stresed this bb we're w

in i my opinion, path forward to ground troops that would be in our interests. >> no troops in iraq or syria. general jack keane, what do you make of that. >> good so see you. it's not accurate. we do have ground troops, some 5,000 -- almost 5,000 in iraq, mostly as trainers and advisers to be sure and direct action special operators who are in combat, and we also have a couple of hundred in syria. those are ground forces. now issue think the appropriate term, i think, that what should have beside used is "combat forced" but all that said. commander in chiefs do not want to take their options off the table and don't want to limit, because national security and particularly war has a dynamic all of its own and if there's one thing about it, it is unpredictable and you have to be prepared for surprise and you may have to reach into your kit bag and do something you would rather not have done, but you must do it because it's essential to winning. >> do you think that she gave herself a little bit of cover later on, trying to clarify that maybe special ops or advisers on that she covered herself

may be called on to coordinate similar missions in iraq, syria, or yemen. france, johnn claude juncker used his state of the union speech to insist the european union, is not at risk following the u.k. brexit. president of the european commission's address comes two days before the meeting dropping the roadmap for the future to adjust the ongoing crisis. our correspondent has the details. >> an opportunity for the eu commission chief to rally support for the tarnished block, with britain leaving on june 23 -- voting to leave on june 23. sean clause younger -- jean-claude juncker sought to reassure. we wonder if the concern might marked the beginning of the disintegration of the eu. we respect the u.k. plus decision, but the eu is not at risk. swiftly ask a formal withdrawal to put an end to rumors and doubts. so close to t the negotiations with london, that the european -- n that sets a clock ticking on the countdown to britain's departure. junckerly, john claude -- john claude juncker -- - undr the watchful live the eu's -- he opposed specifically to slova

combat ground troops into iraq or syria. she said that very clearly. maybe some special force, drone strikes, air strikes but no more u.s. combat troops on the ground in iraq and syria. was that smart of her to say that? >> i don't think so. i think hillary was trying to probably acquiesce to her base. especially when it comes to foreign policy, never say what you'll never do because you never know what's going to happen. ground troops is there in the u.s. interest to defend not just in iraq but here at home. >> we have more to discuss including what donald trump is saying about the two intelligence briefings he's received so far. much more after a quick break. if you're searching other travel sites to find a better price... ...stop clicking around... the lowest prices on our hotels are always at hilton.com. so pay less and get more only at hilton.com. remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. who's with me? i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. i'm in. ♪ ♪ one, two, - wait, wait. wait - where's tina? doing the hand thing? yep! we are

spinner we're not putting ground troops -- we are not putting ground troops into iraq or syria. >> neither hillary clinton nor donald trump looked like a steady confident leader. the dude -- these do not look like candidates running for the presidential race. >> reporter: with gary johnson single digits he had a major misstep. >> what would you do if you are elected about aleppo? >> what is aleppo? >> aleppo is in syria, the epicenter of the refugee crisis. >> reporter: gary johnson follow that up with an appearance just a few moments acronym but said there is still no excuse for not knowing. -- the view where he said he thought aleppo was an acronym but said there is still no excuse for not knowing. >>> 2 top aides to governor chris christie are accused of orchestrating a traffic jam on the george washington bridge september 2015. the former deputy chief of staff and the former top appointed a have both -- aid have both pled not guilty. >>> tim tivo could be back on the field but a different -- be back on the field but a different field, a diamond plate. he landed a spot on the mets struc

for any conversations he would have had with operatives, perhaps, in pakistan or afghanistan or iraq or syria. >> just want to circle back on the fbi issue to give you some context. remember the news conference yesterday the fbi said there had been a domestic dispute and an investigation some years ago. now we know some years ago is only two years ago and there seems to be dispute among law enforcement sources as to whether rahim my was interviewed by the fbi. i was told he was before they closed that preliminary investigation. >> boy, i tell you it's just the trips and everything. i wonder if we learn from this that the next time they're looking at these things that they maybe have talked to because their dad called if they don't treat it differently. it's a timeline of what the lessons are at this point. >> the bottom line, we have got really a bad trend line here. when you look at the successful domestic terror attacks in this country with home grown extremists, what you see in all these cases whether it's boston, whether it's orlando, san bernardino and now this case, at some point they h

combat ground troops stationed in iraq or syria for that matter?i'm confident that in that assertion if we actually have a plan to maintain peace. >> to declare that, tell isis, enemy and others out there who hate the united states, don't worry. the u.s. is never going to send large numbers of combat troops into iraq or syria? >> she clarified that statement the next day and said she's very open to having special forces, having small numbers of troops on the ground. bottom line is this -- we've got to have a political and diplomatic plan to ensure peace or we'll find ourselves in an unending cycle of going back again and again. >> the criticism she's gotten not just from donald trump and other republicans, even from fellow democrats, why say it publicly? why afterwards that to the end? >> she wants to make it clear we're going it make this time the last time, in iraq this time to win. and like that iraqi housewife said. she said we want to make sure that this time we win iraq and it doesn't fall apart again. >> you're a military veteran. you know,

. >> reporter: clinton also explaining her promise last night never to deploy ground troops to iraq or syria meant large forces not the troops already there. tomorrow she meets with bipartisan experts on defeating isis. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> among those closely watching our forum last night, a panel of voters nbc news has pulled battleground state of ohio. we're following them from now until election day as they decide how to cast their votes. they're comprised of various ages and political affiliations. and we invited them to watch together along with nbc's katy tur and kristen welker. and many were unimpressed with the candidates' answers. now for the first part in our new series "we the people, battleground ohio." >> who thought donald trump looked like a commander in chief tonight? just one. o like a commander in chief tonight? so still a lot of undecideds. >> we're not putting ground troops into iraq ever again. >> that seems to be her response militarily, tactically, strategically. >> i've number the military and i can't see her to make a blanket statement. >> isis cannot

. >> reporter: clinton also explaining her promise last night never to deploy ground troops to iraq or syria meant large forces not the troops already there. tomorrow she meets with bipartisan experts on defeating isis. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> among those closely watching our forum last night, a panel of voters nbc news has pulled

frankly, by both sides of the aisle, but there are these clear alternatives to the current policy in syria or iraq that would lead to a radically different reality on the ground is fantasy. i hate the place that we are in today. it is an ongoing global tragedy but this idea there was a magical moment in 2012 where we could have parachuted arms to the syrian rebels and they would have overrun assad is not true. russia and iran have had, for a very long time, equities in that country that are unequal to ours. they were always going to come to the defense of assad, with ferocity. this idea that a safe zone would magically change the reality on the ground is a fantasy as well. our own military leaders have thrown cold water on this idea because it would involve some major ground forces to make it meaningful, and there are very few people in this congress who are willing to support the major deployment of u.s. ground forces, and so i just say this because maybe just maybe every bad thing that happens in the world isn't a fault of failed u.s. policy, and maybe, just maybe there are times and there are p

meanwhile-- democrat hillary clinton at last night's forum troops to iraq or syria again. focus also turned to her private email server. she reiterated that she had made mistakes but asked to be judged by the "totality" of her record working in government. meanwhle-- the congressional democrats released a 2009 email exchange between former secretary of state colin powell and then-secretary of state clinton. in the email, powell advises clinton on the use of a personal email server. this was just two days after she was sworn into the position. powell has not commented o itt technical institute students-- still searching for answers after the abrupt shut down of every campus nationwide. last week, the federal government told i-t-t it did not meet accreditation standards to get federal aid-- so they said the school could no longer enroll new students who rely on it. instead of complying-- the school just shut down. students with federal student loans might be able to get their loans discharged or forgiven if they stop or switch their major. students can also transfer to anoth