the proletariat. likely see an islamic state, a harmonious islamic society. >> very good. savagery is the manual of the islamic state. when he wrote this manual, the movement, he actually concentrated. and what he was to say, look, we have to create anarchy. this is our time to take over. what he means by that and when we create this is the best environment for us. it's a good example. some maximum. the user for two reasons. stated terrorism from a state of fear, state of worries. and that happened. as a brutal organization, killing everyone in their way. the 2nd thing, they use savagery. we are very strong. we actually can for those people who are against us or our nonbelievers. so savagery is extremely important. when they send them in the paris because they want you will see this. they airports and train stations. this is the message. also, the other points, they have started. kills more than 40 people. now the french government, more than $70 billion. the tourism. in order to reflect. again, russian, again, for the middle east. they know what they're doing. they actuall

and different territories that the state rules. the islamic state has appointed iraqis to be the governors of iraqi territories and syrians to be the governors of the syrian territory. now as time goes by, fighters have flocked to the organization from many different parts of the world. do you think there are tensions inside the organization between the syrians and iraqis on one side and the fighters on the other? >> i don't think they are there yet. there may be nationalities working together, but until now, the iraqi people make up. [inaudible] we have different rules in each group, the saudi one is in charge. [inaudible] there are also the media. so each group has its own, maybe in the coming future but we have to remember the legacy. so despite that, i believe they will write to keep it united as long as you can and this is the case for the time being. >> you to vote space in your book do something that appeared online under the title the management of savagery. this might possibly have been written by an objection perhaps close to the isl

islamic state. it is islamic and it is state. when i say islamic, they are adopting the worlds interpretation of islam. andh was originated national solidarity. it is a state because it has all all of thelogy, state. they have an army, police, administration, cabinet, their own currency, their own flag, 9 million or 10 million with citizenship, whatever. they are dealing with neighboring countries, selling oil north of iraq them a selling oil to turkey and even to europe. people say, no, it is not a state. ok, good luck to you. and it is a state and it is islamic if we like it or not. if you want to understand, the state, the stairs organization, this is not -- we have to be truthful. we have to be truthful to ourselves. we have to understand this. we have to study it and we have to fight it. not just, you know, say, no, it is daesh and not even to mention its name correctly. , theabdel bari atwan response since the terrorist attacks, the u.s. bomb -- the french are bombing syria. the russians are bombing syria. do you think a military response -- how do you think the mi

reporter: marching into sinjar, just a day after launching in their offensive against the islamic state group stronghold, peshmerga fighters said about attempting to secure the town. >> peshmerga forces are now inside sinjar. they are going to patrol each and every alley of the town and drive out the islamic state route militants. we will seize a lot of their weapons as well as many of their dead bodies. the peshmerga are in full control of the town. reporter: the kurdish military would support -- with support from u.s. coalition-led airstrikes reached the hospital and public buildings after surrounding the city on thursday. peshmerga fighters have also retaken key parts of a highway linking the iraqi city to 2 other islamist strongholds. raqqa ine east, and syria to the west. peshmerga fighters took part in the offensive joined by hundreds zidi militia. a ya u.s. estimates that 5000 men and boys were killed by the islamic state when they seized control of sinjar last year. tens of thousands more were left stranded on a nearby mountain, with lack of access to food and water as they tend

at our enemy in syria is the islamic state group. so it is not a question of continuing as before but of destroying the organization. francois hollande will now meet with president barack obama. the u.s. has already agreed to share more intelligence with france to aid targeting strikes in syria and iraq. russia's airstrikes on jihadist-held areas have thus part in -- have thus far been an independent operation. they are calling for a united front. >> today we need more strikes, and we will do that. more support for all those who fight against the islamic state group. we, france, will provide that, but we need a coming together of all those who can really fight against this army of terrorists in the form of a large and unique coalition. claire: france has led strikes on iraq for over a year now, targeting syria in september. following monday's massive bombing raid on the islamic state group's self-proclaimed capital of raqqa, different military is sending an aircraft carrier to the mediterranean to triple the airpower in the region. cl

the iraq islamic state. that is part of a narrative that is attractive. vid: it's very, very important. and the reason for the need for urgency, if you will, is to show that the islamic state is a loser. as long as the islamic state is seen to be a winner, it will have much greater success in social media, which is an element of their capabilities that has really distinguished them from core al qaeda or the original al qaeda. charlie: and not only in competition and in warfare with its enemies but also with competing -- david: absolutely. charlie: islamic groups. david: quite right. there's quite a tug of war going on among these different groups, each trying to get as many adherences as possible, trying to make inroads in afghanistan, for example, trying to make inroads in yemen, sinai, libya. a number of different locations where the islamic state has spread its tentacles. and again, nothing succeeds like success in the recruitment of jihadis. charlie: there is al qaeda, then there are al qaeda affiliates that we often talk about. you look at mali, that

and the excuses for failure to degrade and destroy the islamic state. the government watchdog is now expanding its investigation into allegations the obama warehouse has distorted intelligence assessments with a campaign against the islamic state and the new poll shows a record high of americans 66% don't believe he has a clear idea how to deal with terrorist now ascended like a community organizer mr. obama tried to blame the media for the islamic state the same charges made against republicans over the weekend >> comedienne needs to help. >> how we report on this. and not empowered in any way these terrorist organizations or to elevate them in ways that make it easier for them to recruit or make them stronger. they are a bunch of killers with good social media. lou: and there you have it we will take it up with k.t. mcfarland and dr. volleyed fare is. for the second time in one week groups and syrians have turned up in mexico at a border crossing seeking asylum at honduras trying to get into the united states we don't know their intentions but more can

it is argued, though, that holding territory that they hold creates a so-called caliphate, the iraqi islamic state, and that is part of the narrative that is attractive. >> it's very, very important and the reason for the need for urgency, if you will, is to show that the islamic state is a loser. as long as the islamic state is seen to be a winner, it will have much greater success in social media which is an element of their capabilities that has really distinguished them from core al quaida or the original al quaida. >> rose: and not only in competition and in warfare with its enemies but competing islamic jihaddest groups. >> exactly and there is quite a tug of war going on among these different groups each trying to get as many add heernts as possible, trying to make inroads in afghanistan, yemen, sinai, libya, in a number of different locations where the islamic state spread its tentacles and, again, nothing succeeds like success in the recruitment of jihadis. >> rose: al quaida affiliates, ramadi? >> aqim. >> rose: and you have al quaida affiliates in the rest of the world as well. in afric

french president hollande has declared war against the islamic state. aid the world would be better off if putin and obama were to work together to crush the islamic state, and hollande meets both presidents separately next week, but as for the world's only superpower, president obama seems content to defend his ludicrous statements about containment of the islamic state. acting as though americans such fools will forget he promised to, quote, degrade and destroy, end quote, the islamic state some 14 months ago. >> i don't think they're gaining strength. what is true is that from the start our goal has been first to contain, and we have contained them. >> it's best that we don't shoot first and aim later. it's important for us to get the strategy right and the strategy we are pursuing is the right one. lou: such sophomoric sophistry from our president that ignores the fact we've been at war with radical islamists for 14 years, and sillenes posing as strategy. apparently someone in the administration, most likely not the president realized how enervated m

the islamic state, the threat to attack washington today making the question of how to stop the islamic state all the more urgent. first, brian williams with the latest developments in the investigation. brian? >> lawrence, thank you. and good evening. it is a cold and rainy night in paris tonight. we're still within the 72-hour envelope after the terrorist attacks that have left 129 people dead, hundreds more injured. the suspected terrorists who escaped the attacks alive is still at large. the international manhunt is on now for this 26-year-old belgian. it accolade today with intense police raids around brussels in a neighborhood known as molenbeek. the family spoke to reporters today. >>> authorities identified this man, a belgian national to the molenbeek area. known for his extremist connections and the mastermind of the paris terrorist attacks. the french interior minister said police had arrested 23 people in 168 separate raids in cities across that country starting early today. they are warning this is just the beginning. the islamic state released a chilling propaganda video t

he's the intellectual father of the islamic state project. he concvs the idea of founding the islamic state after he flees afghanistan when we bomb it, and he's hiding out in iran. he's thinking about where to go next. he sees that the americans are going to go to iraq, and he decides to preposition his network of terrorists before the americans arrive in order to create chaos because he believes he can capitalize on it to found an islamic state. >> rose: at that point, before he was killed by the american special forces dhe make the association with all those ex-iraqi generals? >> yes. from the early days of the insurgency he made those connections. >> rose: and they provided military-- sort of a midlevel military. >> they did. and a number of them joined up with his organization. >> rose: and what do we know about al baghdad al baghdadi das ability as a leader, as a military strategist, and was it he who originated the idea or enhanced the idea of beheadline joos no, it was zarkawy who pioneered that and he marched out his hostages in the sa

in one terrorist captured declared he is from isis' or from the islamic state. now we're watching tonight what we have talked about over the course of some considerable time the fact the islamic state these attacks are a sophistication and coordination that i take most people doubted. >> it is in just a sophisticated attack it is a military jihadi attack of urban warfare conducted against a western capital of paris. 140 dead 100 in one place if you put up 9/11 that was in the air so it is dramatic what is happening right now not just showing the size of the capacity of these fighters and abilities are refugees are they were trained in france are born in france so this is a major change. lou: talking about french muslims to have gone to syria and have also returned to paris and is it fair to say they represent the greatest of the year for police military and intelligence they carry on the active the west. >> at least since charlie hebdo that france is witnessing on the inside the jihadi urban army not one single operation that was charlie hebdo it is the south in

many came up with him through the ranks of the islamic state. charlie: help me understand how that came together to emerge as the beginnings of what we see today. will: in 2006, they proclaimed their islamic state. charlie: 2006? nine years ago? will: over the objections of bin laden. they did not feel the timing was right to do it, and other jihadists laughed at them because they did not have a state. it was really the american withdrawal in iraq. and the civil war in syria that gave them the room to operate. they had been pushed underground as a terrorist operation, but they took advantage of the chaos in the political disaffection among the sunnis to begin state building. they assassinated people they thought would resist them. they carried out intense campaigns of proselytizing, and then they moved in troops, took over towns and built the state you see today. the problem is, they are prosecuting a war. which puts their state building enterprise at risk. charlie: having a state means there is territory, but it serves for recruitment. this is r

a lot of times the end buyers do not know it is the islamic state they're getting it from. ne thing the coalition has started doing which it was not before is bombing the islamic state tankers, the trucks taking the oil out to market, which is something that will serve have an economic impact on the organization. are the other sources of money for this organization? >> it's believed the biggest source of revenue is taxed evasion or extortion of their own population. they are known to make money from the antiquities market, taking antiquities they were able to overrun in syria and selling them to buyers in europe and north america. it's a shadowy market that has allowed them to do this. there are other sources of revenue as well. for example, taxing trucks that come through the territory it controls. -- according to regional news sources, iraq has cut out payment to bureaucrats and altered the method of group'sto minimize the ability to extort money. >> what can the international community do to stop that flow of revenue? >> there are a few things. the biggest one is what is

states. will: right. that is the idea. it is a state. whether it is islam a core not is something for muslims to weigh in on. charlie: wherever they have gone, they have taken over american equipment and given it to the iraqis. is that right? will: yes. charlie: they don't have an air force. how strong can they be militarily? what is the evidence of their military strength? >> i think they are strong enough to take the territory they have taken. charlie: like mosul? will: like mosul. but what makes them work so well is not the arms they have captured. what makes them work so well is there careful preparation of the battlefield. in terms ofhey do psychological operations and infiltration before they even sent the first man in. they have completely penetrated a town. they will assassinate -- they will know who to assassinate or if they have done to people who have stood against them in other towns, so when they roll in, the local security forces are out there. charlie: severed heads on sticks and all of that. >> that's right. thatld go back to the idea state

the french capital. david cameron makes his case for u.k. airstrikes on islamic state targets in syria. he says the u.k. is already at its highest terror threat from jihadist. the french president continues his push for a joint force against the islamic state group after talks with leaders of germany and italy. he sets his sights on a key mating and moscow. its --set to employ after turkey downs one of its planes in disputed circumstances. also coming up this hour, one of brazil's richest men and a senator have been arrested over the corruption scandal at the oil company petrobras. happy thanksgiving to our american viewers. introducingyou -- you to the brand-new totus. this is live from paris. we start in the united kingdom, where the prime minister has been presenting its arguments for why britain should join the international coalition and carry out airstrikes against the islamic state in syria. let's hear what the prime minister had to say. >> action now is that the success in iraq and squeezing the so-called caliphate is put at risk by our failure to act in syria. seriously hamper o

i mean, there's a concern that the islamic state right now is the flavor of the moment. and there are a variety of non-state actors around the region that are identifying themselves with the islamic state. but it still goes back to this issue of territory. with the islamic state, we have to shrink their territory and reach that tipping point, and then they lose the current support that they have on both sides of the iraqi-syrian border. >> one reach you want territory, you want to tax the people and run an economy in the oil fields so, clearly, this is not a war about tanks, right? it's a war about ideas, and is it the idiology that makes isil and terrorism attractive? is it the money that disaffected young people think that they can carry out the attacks, and better to die a martyr than a beggar? i just want to better understand what we're against and up against in combating this group. >> i mean, all of the above, tony, and i wouldn't discount the fact that it's surprising, we have to acknowledge that the islamic state is sort of an army, and they have been able to defe

have they been successful so far in hacking the islamic state groups' websites? >> they have hacked a few websites and they are harassing the islamic state, which can prove to be pretty efficient. about ask people pedophiles, who are usual targets for anonymous, they have been harassed for many years, and that has proven to be pretty successful. this operation from the operation-- if this from the anonymous keeps on going for the long term, it will probably disrupt many operations from isis. it might also disrupt some operation from our secret services. that thoses is secret services will have to adapt to what an honest -- what anonymous is doing, because synonymous definitely won't adopt to what secret services are doing. news, new yorkr city police say they are aware of a new islamic state video targeting the city, but they stressed there is no current or specific threat. the video emerged just days after the attacks here in paris. vowedbill de blasio has that the people of his city will not be frightened. know, ablasio: as you video was released earlier today -

and investigators identifying him as a 27-year-old belgian national who fought for the islamic state syria, french president franÇoise hollande says the french military launched dozens of airstrikes on islamic state targets in raqqa, iraq. his decisive action in contrast to that of president obama who declared in a news conference that he would not fundamentally changes strategy while denigrating those that would seek him as he put it, an immediate resolution. >> the strategy that has the best chance of working, even though it does not offer her the satisfaction, i guess, of a headline or an immediate resolution. >> the president's refusal to act drawing heated this is a from republicans are looking to replace the president next year. president obama also facing a revolt by at least 20 governors who announced the united states should halt acceptance of syrian refugees and we will be talking with one of the governors refusing to allow syrian refugees to be settled in his state. governor phil bryant of mississippi. we will also take of thegovern administration response to theoi terror

government of attacking those rebels, syrian rebels with the exception of the islamic state and yet, as you say, they struck at a russian bomb, as senator lindsey graham said earlier that is part of accelerated pattern of terrorism on the part of the islamic state against russia, against europe, and if they find a way, certainly the united states as well. how do you account for what looks to be exception that russia made to that point in attacking islamic state targets in syria and around the region? >> well, russia has for many centuries wanted warm water port in the mediterranean and to be influential in flanks and especially along the eastern mediterranean. for putin this is a dream come true he's able to play a major role, and he's the sort of ruler who grabs neighboring countries. chunks of ukraine, he's an international bully of the first order. if he starts to defend against isis attacks of this sort, against russians abroad, his popularity could sink which is what he cares about a great deal, and may make him think a little bit about the weak way he's dealt with islamist terro

in the american-led coalition against the islamic state. country has been in political limbo since june's election there failed to election there failed to produce a clear-cut winner. that all changed last night when president recip erdogan's party emerged victorious in sunday's snap election. supporters say the win is a return to stability. but as special correspondent malcolm brabant reports, others fear the results are a giant step towards autocratic rule. ♪ >> reporter: the call to prayer rang out around central istanbul today, reinforcing the message that after five months of political instability and uncertainty, turkey is now back on a familiar track, under the firm control of the islamic firm control of the islamic a.k. or a.k. party, founded by president recip tayyip erdogan. political analysts here believe most turks rejected the opposition parties, because they needed a sense of security during a dangerous time. but not everyone in taksim square was happy. so many prisoners in turkey. can't say what you're thinking, exactly. i don

both france and russia stepped up airstrikes against the islamic state group edits de facto had orders-- group at its de facto headquarters in syria. the french president is going to moscow and washington next week to push for a global coalition against the islamic state group. will hildebrandt, has there been reaction to the market now six marketsreaction in the now six days since the attacks? threatense attacks already fragile recovery here in the eurozone. .tocks are proving resilient all indices are currently in the green. almost 1%, the ftse doing almost as well, as is the frankfurt dax. one reason the stocks are doing so well is partially because of what happened in the u.s. overnight, word that the federal reserve could be preparing for its first interest rate hike since 2006. that's based on minutes from the october meeting. that could come as soon as the next meeting in december. the fed pointed to an improving job market and inflation, which has started to move toward the 2% annual target. time for a look at other headlines, beginning with the theme of the conservative ipo in

it is dangerous and it does weaken the fight against islamic state. resident francois hollande could play a role. hurts andally complicates things for president ollanta because he is here with the full support of his public to see a stronger international response against islamic state. he wants the united states to step up, he wants the russians to redirect their airpower from the syrian and sunni targets and turned to islamic state. what he got today in the big obamarm with president and impress conference is being diminished by this crisis between turkey and russia. erik: thank you very much. a quick commercial break on bloomberg. full coverage of the joint press conference from the white house just minutes from now. ♪ mark: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european close. erik: time for the bloomberg business flash. coca-cola's chief science and health officer is leaving the company after they were criticized for funding and anti-obesity group. cook shapes the group's agenda, and is $1.5 million to the global energy balance network. t

>> this is the islamic state. so i think we have to see the world as it is, and not how we would like it to be. so that i think that in in fact, there is a means that we are going to go around and come back. with bashar troops against the islamic state, but that leads not to impede what the -- let's say what the government is doing against a terp errorist. you are speaking of him as a dictator. i am not going to deny that he is a very great democratic leader in this world. >> he is a man, though, most analysts agree have killed thousands of his own people in aerial box sometimes. thousands of his own people. >> well, unfortunately, yes, unfortunately, but it is also a war of by proxies have armed so caliber sur gent which is are not, and have been given arms to the it lambic state as well as to al quaida. and those people are also killing as you know civilians. what i want to say, is that today france has been hitten by the islamic state and not be bashar. and this is what they have seen as well. we are facing the

have bondplanes islamic state target in syria. for the first time islamic state attacked hundreds of trucks. they pushed back against critics of the open-door policy. angela merkel says those fleeing war zones should not have to bear the blame for the power attacks. greece raised the possibility. the united arab emirates has taken five yemeni prisoners held for more than 13 years at guantanamo bay. authorities at the u.s. base in cuba determined they no longer pose a threat. guantanamo inmate based at 107. the secretary-general ban ki-moon will visit north korea this week. that is according to a south korean news agency. the foreign minister has said he is willing to help ease tensions on the korean peninsula. more on these and other breaking stories 24 hours a day. tom: we will preclude the data check other than to tell you the german yields are in a little bit. copper is imploding this morning, other than that it is remarkably quiet. quickly to the terminals before we go to paris. this is japan in a recession. that is the business headl

lou: what the secretary of state didn't say is that the obama administration has let the islamic state'sn source of funding, those oil trucks, untouched for 14 months. those oil trucks generate about half a billion dollars a year in oil revenue for the islamic state. adding to concerns about the islamic state, u.s. intelligence officials now say the radical islamist terrorists are aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons. reportedly setting up a branch dedicated to research and experimentation with the help of scientists from iraq, syria and elsewhere in the region. joining us tonight, former army vice chief of staff, fox news military analyst, general jack keane. good to have you with us. first, let's, if we may, turn to this administration's i think rather coy approach to acknowledging that this is a new reality, and they wasted 14 months with those rules of engagement and not striking a principal source of revenue for the islamic state. what do you make of it? >> finally, hallelujah we're going to make changes. what a stunning revelation we have not been striking all this

the de facto capital of the islamic state in syria. it is reported that they anticipated strikes would intensify and has since moved some of its bases to areas under its control. one such area is the stronghold in iraq. sarah: charles de gaulle has sent off to join those military operations. the defense ministry says it will look at the power against the islamic state. they will travel by land and have no known links to the paris attackers. this comes as republican lawmakers have been called for tighter controls on syrians seeking asylum. paul ryan said the first priority should be to protect the american people. this puts them at odds with president barack obama who has called for thousands to be given refuge. for more, we can head over to washington where we are standing by for the latest development. five syrians detained on the way to the u.s.. tell us more and bring us up-to-date. >> the authorities have detained five syrians trying to reach the u.s. that have apparently used stolen greek passports and makes the whole story very in

what new to we know about the islamic state attacks? hey seem to have shifted and taken on a strategy of global jihad. they've always had the rhetoric of gobbl global jihaddism. always talked about hitting united states, france, others, but for most to have the history focused on state building. they have been it from successful at it. but with taking down the russian airliner, the attack in beirut and now paris, we believe its attention has shifted abroad. >> ifill: richard barrett, if their attention shifted abroad, how did this happen? >> i think the european and other western intelligence agencies have been looking for this to happen for some time. they haven't been oblivious to the threat. we understand about seven previous plots were thwarted in france and the united kingdom and in bul belgium, it wasn't so long ago this mastermind narrowly escaped a police raid in the house where he was living with his accomplices there. so it's not come out of the blue. so many people are concerned in the security services, it's very difficult fo

they all contain the islamic state. it does not do it. i would rather call them, the group that calls itself the islamic state. it is not a state in the sense it is not seeking a seat at the united stations, nor does it want it, nor is it going to have a seat on the united nations. so, i think, you know, it is on some of these things we need to knowledge how groups define themselves. we cannot decide how they define themselves. when we study them, we have to of knowledge that hard. at the same time, we have to stress the other aspects as well. >> before you leave the army, you can create a new acronym that they are quite successful at. joby, final words? joby: you can forgive people in the region for having conspiracy theories, including the notion that isis is somehow u.s.-funded or backed in some way. i am always amazed at some pervasive -- at how pervasive some of these theories are. there are educated people, people who follow the news, who are convinced that isis is a creation of iran. others who think the united states is backing isi

somethingt to do about the islamic state, who can you count on in the region? that's an open question. anna: what is the conclusion you've come to about the islamic state's capabilities after what we saw in paris? what has changed in that respect? andrew: what has changed is pretty obvious. if you step back a little bit, we had the bombings in ankara. we had the bombing over sinai. we had the bombing in beirut, and now paris, and they have all been attributed to the islamic state or claimed by the islamic state, so obviously, the group's capabilities have grown. at the same time, it suffered serious setbacks in syria and the middle east with the loss of sinjar this week where they found mass graves of yazidis. the group has gone from establishing its own caliphate, as it were, in syria and iraq, to being on the back foot, suffering losses. ande this is lashing out, some people are saying it's a sign of weakness. it could be a bit of both. anna: what is next for the war in syria? to the talks in vienna give you hope about diplomacy, or do you see what the french

the broadening of the scope target against the islamic state . anted to see an intensification of hitting those targets. a breakthrough in intelligence sharing's between the americans and french on the targets hit, and he wanted to see greater progress made toward shutting the border down between syria and turkey to stop the flow of terrorists across the border that could ultimately lead to the launching of attacks in france, as we saw a couple of weeks ago. barack obama said that he stood shoulder to shoulder. barack obama has come into criticism in america over his handling of the syrian crisis. i thought it striking how much he toughened his language on the islamic state, acknowledging that they pose a threat to all of us. babita: jon sopel. new details on the investigation into the pair's, which killed 130 people. -- into the paris attacks, which killed 130 people. the suspected ringleader, abdelhamid abaaoud, returned to the bataclan theater as police moved in. he was planning a suicide attack on the business district. lucy williamson has the

more backing in the fight against the islamic state group leader in the u.s. puts out a terror alert to citizens around the world. turkey has shut down a russian warplane, saying it has violated its airspace and ignored warnings to leave. russia denies the plane crossed the syrian border into turkish skies. a suspected suicide belt found in garbage in a suburb south of paris, not far from where the in the bombings was last located. francois hollande is continuing his push for a coalition against islamic state group leader. he is meeting four heads of state in as many days. he is sitting down with barack obama. for more on that meeting, let's bring in philip. u.s. and france are allies and friends. barack obama could also be a voice of caution. >> you will see a show of support on behalf of the president in the oval office. only on paper. paper do they agree. that means more urgency and more airstrikes. when it comes to the classical masses, the united states well tell france a coalition exists. the united states is leading a diplomatic coalition of 65 countrie

islamic state? that is what we read and write and say all the time. erybody wants to fight islamic state, have a common enemy. maybe we can find some common ground at the roundtable. do these opposing powers in the middle east really have a different interest when it comes to islamic state? i do not know. in my perception, islamic state is not only a potential danger or imminent danger, but also a beneficiary to certain powers in the middle east. what is turkey's interest in destroying islamic state? what is saudi arabia's interest? that is the reason they have not been attacked by the russians. islamic state is not threatening the assad regime. consolidate.to it is not threatening turkey, iran, not directly. it is not threatening saudi arabia, if we leave aside ideological competition. in saudi arabia, we have a lot of aficionados to i.s. break it down and see who would really be ready to take a great effort to combat islamic state if it is not on the priority list or can be beneficial. peter: i know you have a lot of contacts in the region. your peop

enough resources to track the rising number of radicalized americans who work for or motivated by the islamic state. the chairman of the house homeland security committee is now warning americans the number of people arrested for their support of the islamic state has dramatically expanded. >>> here at home, we have arrested more than 70 isis supporters over the last year. that's on average, more than one per week. and the fbi says that it has nearly 1,000 isis-related investigations in all 50 states. >> we'll take up the worsening trend with general jack keane and lieutenant colonel ralph peters. >>> also tonight -- president obama blasting the republicans for suggesting syrian refugees coming to america pose a security threat. >> apparently, they're scared of widows and orphans coming into the united states of america. at first, they were worried about the press being too tough on them during debates. now, they're worried about 3-year-old orphans. that doesn't sound very tough to me. >> we'll take a closer look at europe's refugee and illegal immigrant crisis. and the president might want to pay

the threat of radical islamic terrorism. and the current strategy to fight the islamic state, they say, has failed. >> having the best security defensive system in america is not sufficient. we must have as good an office to stop and defeat isis. we do not. >> former army vice chief of staff, box news military analyst, general jack keane testifying before congress today. and he joins us now from washington, d.c. general, thanks for being with us. i know you've had a long day. and i suspect, knowing you, a troubling day, because of the issues and what has been a failure of leadership in so many quarters over the past 14 years. >> yeah, i agree with that. i mean, i certainly have always honored to provide testimony to the congress. they represent the people of the united states. i don't take any pleasure in having to make remarks about my president, about a failed strategy, and about the fact that the american people are more in danger as a result of it. that that, i don't take any solace in doing that, but i absolutely believe that's the truth of it. >> this is, by our count, your seventh testimony before congress this year al