and attacking the muslim nation. >> the president of syria bashar al assad has not given consent to theses at all. what are we expecting to hear? is it best that he just lay low, don't say much? you can say i disapprove of it, but in the long run, this is what he needs, what he wants. >> it really may advance his aims ironically. we have very low to interact with assad. we have called for his removal. we did not have any productive relationship with him. but in the long run, it may sult his purposes to have us come in there and weaken his isis enemies and maybe his own troops can come in. so it doesn't appear to be strictly a united states affair. >> this is a really delicate dance, especially for the united states. you want to defeat isis, but you don't want to play into the hands of assad. how does the u.s. do that? with this coalition of forces? does that ease this blow of innocence? >> the bigger the coalition, the better. the more engaged they are. what we're still learning is exactly what role these individual arab states are going to play. will they be part of the airstrikes, groun

the muslim nation is over 1 billion people on earth. if you set this fact against the background, we see that al-qaeda has cornered to be effective there are a lot of young angry muslims, let's say, who are seeking a third way. and forral bag di fo forral baghdadi who had a remarkable victory within two months this is going to attract thousands and thousands of people. i'm most worried about saudi arabia and jordan because those are the two softest grounds next to iraq and syria. >> between chechnya, bosnia, libya, syria, are there other a lot more men floating around who know how to use a gun, who know how to use a rocket-propelled grenade launcher? they may be religious or they may not be, but they're at loose ends and ready to fight? >> well, that's true. they've had a lot of opportunity beginning in afghanistan , through all of these wars that have been and are still going on, first of all yes, there is a pool of manpower, so to speak. there are women involved in some of these. there is a lot of weapons. you can pick out whatever you

it's not the individual muslim that's the problem. it's the muslim nations tolerate and sometimes even support the terrorists however, in his interview last night president obama remained positive. >> the good news is that you an unprecedented national coalition that is serious about this. not only do we have arab states participating in air strikes for the first time in a very lock time and being very serious about their commitment, but you have got the united kingdom. you have got france, belgium. >> you have got them doing what? united kingdom, france, belgium and other coalition nations. there are 62 of them out of all of them four will attack isis inside of syria. four. let me repeat. president obama has put together 62 nations that say they don't like isis and willing to help out. france or belgium. they won't do it. so that's a weak coalition. a bunch of nations that are talking, but not acting. and why won't they bomb inside of syria? who knows. what's the downside for them? the sad fact is that the united states is the only nation on earth capable o

the nations to rein in on equipment and choke off the funding. the morning after the first coalition strikes in syria, he noted the muslim nations are joined in the fight and they targeted another al-qaeda spin off that was planning attacks on the united states. >> we also took strikes to disrupt plotting against the junes and allies by other opnutrients in syria. it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate save havens for terrorist. >> the united states was joined by ort n other nations notified syria the strikes were coming. iran says the action was illegal. youtubes officials ruled out coordinating the fight with iran and denied claims that we asked to join forcing with iran and they turned us down. tomorrow the president will chair a meeting at the state level and it is only the second time it happened. he is trying to lay the ground on qutar fighter terrorist later in the fall. >>> so you heard just now the driving force behind the new attacks is a new military coalition. several arab nations now fighting alongside the united states. john hudy is watching in jerusalem. how

muslims and they're killing the people that are helping the muslims. and that's the point that i think diplomatically we need to emphasize. it's a very simple point to make that to rally the muslim nations, to rally the arabian peninsula, to fight this evil that has infested their land. this is not who the majority of the muslim people are and so we need to rally those people and energize them to crush this cancer that is spreading throughout the arabian peninsula. >> you mentioned that and we talked about the arab nations, the ten nations in the coalition at the earlier part our newscast. just last week the head of the arab league said it's time for the arab world to rise up and do something about this radical islamic extremism. not so tore it. -- not to support it. there are our supposed allies that have been helping this. turkey, as you mentioned and those oil trucks, allowing that black market oil which basically nets isis 1 or $2 million a day from those oil fields. why hasn't the world and why haven't those arab nations stood up before this as we see one after the another after the other of these poor innocent hostages and this latest one, who was delivering aid in a refugee camp,

unless the muslim nations of the world and crack down on this kind of stuff. >> basically, we defeated al qaeda and these guys come up. >> everybody else comes up. >> the reality is, been nearly aggressive enough in setting up defensive parameters to avoid the isis people. i think that could have been, i hate to use a cliche nipped in the bud more. >> let's go to kay, go ahead. >> he wasn't clear, ooeeither a the fact this is going to be a prolonged effort. he said three-year thing. he was very -- you know, i agree with bill that it was an okay speech. it's great that he's got this sort of new outlook that we'll hunt down those who say they are going to attack america but he referred to isis as a small group of killers minimizing the threat they pose to america. i think it's incumbent upon this president that does understand the threat, bill. i think he's minimizing it. he's minimizing the nature of the threat. he's minimizing the fact that it could be at our southern border, the northern border is porous, too. >> i don't think he does understand, not the nature of the threat. he under

. >> are they prepared, the arab nations, or the muslim nations prepared to put boots on the ground themselves? >> so far the answer is no. even though no one offered to send ground troops of their own, the white house says it has a plan in place. >> the president ruled out the use of american combat troops. the alternative is to enhance the capacity and capability of syrian opposition fighters so that they can take the fight to isil in their own country. >> iran, who has significant influence in iraq and syria has rejected a u.s. invitation to join the coalition. >>> the american public is skeptical. in a new nbc "wall street journal" poll, 62% backed action in iraq and syria. nearly 70% doubt the obama plan to destroy isis will work. janelle wang. >>> how is congress handling this and other issues? the latest poll shows most californians are fed up with congress and their own representative. nbc bay area political analyst larry gehres ten is with us tonight. how bad is it? >> bad. i mean bad. the newest data shows only 13% of california voters approve of congress. 75% disapprove. my goodness

and that's what's going to be required for the muslim nations to integrate themselves into a broader al community. this is critically important. and the steps already taken by the nations working with the international community, with the united states and the lead is a really clear signal. in some ways this is actions being more powerful than words. and the action of those five muslim led nations joining the united states to take the fight to these violent extremists is really powerful. >> the inaction of turkey is noticeable. >> it is. they obviously have their own complicated situation. they are, however, a nato ally, they have a very clear interest in this fight. they have a long border with syria. it is not in the interest of the turkish government or turkish people for there to be violence and mayhem on their doorstep. there's a clear interest for turkey to be involved in this. and we do anticipate they will be working constructively with the broader international coalition to combat isil. >> there are reports. at least one report that the leader of khorasan was killed in one of

there is only us because millions of muslim americans are part of the fabric of our country. okay, fine. the more muslim nations that step up, the better. mr. obama makes a mistake by not singling out irresponsible muslim nations. pakistan has hurt the u.s.a. and the world by harboring the taliban and al qaeda. yet, we still pander to pakistan. that nonsense has got to stop. if you help murderous fanatics, you are the enemy. let's begin to call out the nations that enable the terrorists. but that's not mr. obama's style. after all that's happened, he still sees himself as a uniter. he is still hesitant to go all out against the jihadists. >> in this effort we do not act alone. nor do we intend to send u.s. troops to occupy foreign lands. instead we will support iraqis and syrians, fighting to reclaim their communities. we will use our military might in a campaign of air strikes to roll back issa. we will train and equip forces fighting against these terrorists on the ground. >> but the president is training and equipping the wrong people. muslims are not going to defeat other muslims. they can help, but they ca

the diplomat claims the pope is at risk of assassination by isis during his upcoming trip to the muslim nation of albania. iraq's ambassador to the vatican admit he is knows of know specific plot. the pope is rejecting extra security and will travel in an open-topped vehicle. a stunning reversal for the nfl's adrian peterson. the vikings announcing this morning the running back will not play until legal issues brought on by felony child abuse charges are resolved. then there's this. castor motor oil severed endorsement ties with peterson. the vikings' course change comes after radisson hotel suspended its sponsorship with several other sponsors threatening to do the same. plus -- >> arrest him now! arrest him now! >> protesters at a st. louis council meeting calling for arrest of ferguson police officer darren wilson. wilson killed unarmed african-american teenager michael brown on august 9. the shooting prompted days of violent protest and calls for the ouster of the county prosecutor who is now investigating the case. new shocking and bizarre details coming out in the investigation into joan

. >> is there any concern, i'm thinking of indonesia as i ask this question, some of the nation's muslim nations in asia might be sending fires. i know there is concern in indonesia these days. >> the figures from indonesia, it's muslim by far. southeast asia just by numbers aren't as high as some of the local. >> what is the attraction for these are yo recruits. >> it begins locally, typically, it's all about the fight. if you're a disillusioned sunni. that would complain much. if you were a syrian, you may have joined the free syrian army, but with the momentum that isis has, it's shifting. >> what is this whole idea of establishing this islamic caliphate? where does this factor in for these young men who are joining to fight. are they simply getting a paycheck and something to do? >> from my experience most significant, where that kind of belief system whether from the cradle tends to be sincere. however, i note at the individual level it tends to be more complex when you peel the onion as to what the motivation might be. it might be adventure, humanitarianism. >> for the majority who

the tough language have been, i don't know, two years ago? >> president talked about how muslims should prepare the palate for younger generations give them alternatives to terrorism. you looked at some of the arab muslim nations across the room, yeah, as the camera sprayed that section of the room. are they next? will they walk out. >> that is certainly not our job. that is one of the biggest problems we have, replacing that magnetic fundamentalism with something else. that is not our job. that is where military gets into so much trouble. >> you heard characterize as some of the stone faces that he saw in the audience as reaction to some of these statements. i was characterizing the reception i saw as lukewarm certainly for the president. i think one line stuck out to a lot of people the speeches, we will not have a foreign policy built around acts of terror, says the president. captain chuck nash responded to that and said, do we have a choice? >> right. >> it really speaks to your point, david, not being able to set aside his ideologies. that really came through in the speech. ambassador john bolton reacted, he thought the president's analysis of root of terrorism was very strong and good in this speech how

the international muslim community on this? >> you're absolutely right that there's been work done by muslims around the world and muslim nationse's not been enough that's been done. and the largest responsibility falls on the muslim world for reigning in the terror group like isis. now, what we can't dismiss however is significant muslim voices around the world that are calling out isis. so when you look at for example a significant voice at the halifa, islam, commands a following of muslims in over 206 countries around the world where he is repeatedly calling out isis. him being not only a man of god but being god's man on earth means following him leads to divine protection. he has repeatedly called on isis not only for betraying teaches of islam, but for killing and leading especially youth down the path -- >> you look at the folks raising their hand to go in and fight them and i don't see one muslim country in there. not one. the uae made a statement today, but who has actually come out and said we will do it with you, america? >> well, uae should certainly be applauded even though there's always concerns with the way they

they found the majority of terrorist attacks in 2013 occurred in three countries -- iraq, pakistan, and afghanistan. majority muslim nations where the victims are often muslim too. the taliban, isis, and boko haram are ranked as the three bloodiest groups. al qaeda became a household name in september 2001 by perpetrating violence they say is rooted in their faith. september 2013, the somali terror group al shabaab, an affiliate of al qaeda takes center stage with the kenyan mall massacre. and earlier this year, boko haram created global outrage with the kidnapping of more than 200 school girls in western africa. one of the questions that people just can't wrap their head around is that something that is based in religion in the name of god does such violent things. >> islam is being leveraged and utilized by these organizations in order to gain the end state that they want. and that end state is described in islamic terms. it's derived from medieval islamic ideology. most of the rest of the muslim world has moved well beyond that. so we should not vilify the muslim world. the muslim world is the best chance of defeating g

got to be t the -- we believe that the best thing is for this not to have a western feel to it or like to it that the nations that are in the middle east, other muslim how about what's been the reaction with a number of your colleagues saying that the president's justification against isis in syria without congressional approval is illegitimate. they're calling this an unconstitutional war. what is your take? >> well, i would disagree. i think that the president has both constitutional and statutory authority to protect u.s. national security where there's a -- especially with an imminent threat. i will say that whenever such military action is taken, though, it's always best when congress is consulted and possible authority is given any time we're committing u.s. forces. but i do believe that the president is acting within his authority. but i would say it every step of the way the united states congress needs to be an active partner, be consulted in all of this, and wherever possible give specific authority for any type of military action. this is very serious. i take this responsibility very serious. whenever we're putting our men and women in un

muslim leaders in our area are anxious to get their views on the record tonight after news surfaced of the beheading of steven sotloff. here's that part of the story. >> reporter: a national muslim group with a swift condemnation after the second execution of an american journalist by isis. the beheading of journalist james foley and steven sotloff apparently at the hands of isis terrorists received a full throated review by muslim groups at a press conference on capitol hill tonight. >> we cannot find proper words to express the horror we feel at this gruesome killing. it is horrifying for us to see a group of terrorists, criminals claiming to act as muslims. >> reporter: care or the council on american islamic relations served as host. just a few hours after the latest video of a beheading by isis was released. >> as the qur'an teaches us, if you take the life of one person, it is as if you had slain all of humanity. >> these horrendous actions are not islam. these people are criminals. >> reporter: in recent weeks radio show host lar inglam said she wished more muslim leaders would speak out. care has called isis' actions not islamic and morally repugnant and points ou

the iraqis, shiites, now say they don't want air strikes. by arab sunni nations in the coalition. u.s. lawmakers want to hear about the ground war. >> are they prepared, the arab nations and muslim nations, prepared to put boots on the ground themselves? >> reporter: so far, the answer is no. as president obama today honored the heroes of past wars, who will fight the war he vows against isis is unclear. and the public is skeptical. 62% back action in iraq and syria. standing by. house republicans are so concerned about the coalition, they say they will pass about a $500 million to arm and train friendly syrian rebels, moderate syrian rebels, only if the bill contains a ban on any ground fighting by american forces. live from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >> similar to what president obama is proposing, thank you steve. our coverage continues tonight at 5:30 on "nightly news." more on the air strikes in iraq today and what's unusual about the one carried out today. >>> still ahead at 5:00, unraveling a mystery on a local college campus. the disappearance that's worth almost a million bucks. >>> i'm jodi hernandez in oakland. when you're dropping off your k

the coalition must address these issues with the nations involved and with moderate muslim leaders, providing assistance wherever possible. the battle for the hearts and minds must be won by moderation and opportunity. and rejection of extremist oices who offer hatred and bloodshed. we must condemn and combat militant jihads. moderates must be encouraged to speak out. this does require courage and as moderate muslims emerge, the coalition must stand ready to defend and support them begins those who would try to silence their voices. as with cancer in our bodies, the worst thing to do is to deny it, ignore it, minimize it, or hope it will just go away on its own, or fail to call it by its proper name. and when a cancer metastasizes, we must accept that we cannot cut it out in one location. for decades, we've been fighting the cancer of militant islamism sort of like playing whack-a-mole. whenever an islamic threat pops up of radical nature, be it in the near east or the middle east, new york, london, sudan, southeast asia, or elsewhere, be it an organized effort or even a lone wolf, we react t

so far turkey is the only muslim nation to join the coalition. joining me now is chris jansing.re we getting any more insight on what the president will lay out? >> the pressure is building. he needs to late our for them what we heard from john boehner. they want to know the specifics of a strategy and that's a very difficult situation both in reality and politically. reality tells us if you want to go into syria and do air strikes there, how good is our intelligence after ten years or more focussing on al qaeda. do we know where the targets are that we want to hit. how concerned are we about potentially killing civilians? there are those questions but politically you have a president who has spent most of his time in office trying to get us out of that region. now he has to make a case for going back in. i can tell you i spent a good bit of the day yesterday on capitol hill. heard a couple of things consistently from members of congress no matter where they are on this. number one, they're hearing a lot from their constituents. they came back from break. everywhere they went th

tuckey, it's the only muslim nation in n.a.t.o., it has hundreds of miles of borders with areas controlled by i.s.i.l. in syria and iraq, and the u.s. has a military based, perfectly positioned to launch air strikes. but despite world wind diplomatic ests and visits by chuck hagel and secretary of state john kerry, turkey has been unable to do much more than offer humanitarian assistancism. >> turkey and the united states will stand toot against challenges. we'll continue our conversations with military and other experts spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. one big problem is turkey threatened by i.s.i.l., because they are holding 39 diplomats hostage. joining us is kurt volker, serving as ambassador to n.a.t.o., and served as the deputy assistant secretary of state from 2005 to 2008. he's the director of the mccain institute for international leadership. part of the arizona state university. good to have you with us. >> great to be here. >> some voices have been raised in the united states questioning whether turkey is an ally any more because of a refusal to s

secretary of state john kerry is pressuring allies especially from the majority muslim nation toss show united front begins isis. he said 40 countries have agreed to contribute mostly in the form of air strikes. >>> top punishment for a young california man sentenced to prison by north korea's supreme court. twenty-four year-old matthew miller will serve six years of hard labor after being accused of entering north korea illegally and trying to committees peonage. north korean officials say he tore up his, visa after arriving in the country just six weeks ago. the north korea allowed u.s. media to interview miller. >> i'm now requesting help from the american government, the citizens of america and the world to release me from this situation. >> miller is believed to have chosen north korea as a shelter wanting to experience jail there in order to report human rights abuses. u.s. state department is repeating it strong recommendation that citizens stay out of north korea. >>> two senate committees are scheduled to hold hearings on ebola crisis. lawmakers are trying to decide how much fu

so far turkey is the only muslim nation in a core coalition of ten countries that met on the sidelines of last week's nato summit in wales. turkey is critical it borders syria and iraq, where isis controls large amount of territory. turkey, also, a gateway for foreign fighters who want to join isis. the president obama is preparing to address the nation wednesday night to lay out his plan for defeating isis. i'll meet with congressional leaders tomorrow. he gave some details on "meet the press" yesterday. >> now to start going -- but this is not going to be an announcement about u.s. ground troops. as part of an international coalition carrying out air strikes in support of more on the ground by iraqi troops, kurdish troops. i want people to understand that over the course of months we're going to be able to not just -- we're going to systemically shrink the territory they contro control. >> meanwhile on morning joe house intelligence committee mike rogers said some american lives will have to be at risk. >> not going to beat them by remote control. we'll have to have some control of u

a member of nato since 1952, turkey turkey is the only muslim nation to be in the organization and has second largest standing military force in nato after the united states. but turkey is also surrounded by long-simmering conflict and hostile neighbors. to the south, turkey once a solid ally of israel, has been sending money to the gaza strip since 2008. the palestinian enclave controlled by hamas, considered a terrorist group by both israel and the united states. some reports suggest turkey has provided hamas with as much as $300 million in annual aid. that support came to a head in 2010 when the turkish-sponsored gaza freedom flotilla was intercepted and boarded by the israeli military. that incident left eight turks and one dual national tubbish american dead. >> there is a lot of sympathy among the tubbish public for palestinian rights, but not all turks are supporters of hamas. they have allied the public sympathy for palestinian rights for political support for hamas. >> turkey has a porous 800-mile border a smugglers' half inning for centuries now syria and iraq are swept up in

the iraqis, shiite, now say they don't want air strikes. by arab sunni nations in the cons lawmakers want to hear abt the ground wa >> are they prepared, the arab nati muslim nations, prepo p boots on the gr themselves? >> r so far, the answer is no. as president obama today honored the heroes of past wars, who wi fight the war he vows agai isis is unclear. and the public is skeptical. 62% back action in iraq and syri and the new nbc news "wall journa poll but 68% dot the obama plan can destroy e rep up here are so concer about the coalition, th say on wednesday when they be asked to approve about a half billion dollars to train and arm moderate syrian rebe, only if part of the plan is ad combat. steve handelsman, news4. >> thankyou. doug here with a check of our weat y was the start of someg pre nice. >> start of something pretty ni for sure. i thk we' going to be on th nice stret for about a fu week. >> love it. >> as a completely different stor to our southwest, mexico, talkg about hurricanes lately. thiss hur odile, ca 3 hurricane, winds of 125 miles hour. the strongest hurricane ever to hit cabo san lucas. this storm came in way vengeance and some of

so far turkey is the only muslim nation in a core coalition of ten countries that met on the sidelinesin wales. turkey is critical it borders syria and iraq, where isis controls large amount of territory. turkey, also, a gateway for foreign fighters who want to join isis. the president obama is preparing to address the nation wednesday night to lay out his plan for defeating isis. i'll meet with congressional leaders tomorrow. he gave some details on "meet the press" yesterday. >> now to start going -- but this is not going to ben

. >> is the burden on other muslim nations and modern muslims to reject ice sxis join tsis and j againstce snis is that what's happening? >> the voices of rejection across the muslim world is deafening. if anybody thinks muslims are not denouncing isis do a google search and that should answer your question. the larger point, however, is nation states. muslim majority nation states like turkey, like qatar, like kuwait, who -- and saudi arabia who for reasons of their own national security interests have not done enough to combat extremist groups like isis because they feel in one way or another that these groups promote their interests in some way, that's got to change. that's not a religious thing. it's just what nation states do. >> how do you do that? >> to remind them that these groups are as dangerous to them as anyone else. >> i was going to say, let's not forget that this -- isis sort of emerges out of syria, which is a failed state, and there is this proxy war going on between different sects of islam there. and we've got to address the problem in syria sooner or later. we've got

the white house not not on 9/11 but on 9 /12 the next morning i received a call from one of the muslim nations saying we will do whatever is necessary to help you. i think we have to have to get involved with training what we -- first of all, you have to identify who the good guys are, who the bad guys are. obviously those extremists, those that want to bring harm to the united states and against all the west, we've got to be careful about that. in fact, they are the enemy. but for the ones that are willing to fight and to stand up for their government and for an inclusive government, if you will, we need to train them. we need to arm and equip them because they will do the fighting on the ground that will be necessary to preserve an inclusive government that maybe even is going to be one of our great friends in that region of the world, which is a region that is in the vital -- national interest of the united states. the problem we have in syria is we have to be careful the ones that we fund and help train and that we help on the ground today helping fight are the good guys so to speak, the o

this, this week, the gc c, gulf corporation council, has finally put jets in the air to work with us. so sunni muslim nationsn the middle east, for the first time, and this is historic in its worth, and it is worth remembering right now it will affect where there goes in the next 25 years. >> okay. >> they are bombing sunni extremists right from the middle east. >>> lessons from the vietnam war? >> air action is now in execution. against gunboats and certain supporting facilities in north vietnam, which has been used in these hostile operations. our response, for the present, will be limit and fitting. >> in 1964, president johnson announce the first u.s. air strikes against north vietnam. operation rolling thunder. was supposed to last eight weeks. but went on for three years. president johnson opted for bombing north vietnam, because he wanted to avoid the issue of u.s. ground troops. ultimately, he committed more than 500,000 u.s. forces to the vietnam war. >> lyndon johnson's military escalation in vietnam is the textbook study of mission creep. is president obama in danger of going down that same road?

the suni muslim nations, and will they act coherently? will they take aggressive action themselves? against isis forces. to include inside syria? i think it's unlikely. but having said that, there's some things we can do. we certainly had best bypass this shaky government of iraq and directly support the kurds, who need to defend themselves and their own interests, as well as -- multiple times we've said we're going support so-called moderate forces inside syria fighting against assad. we've never done anything significant. perhaps now they'll be an attempt to do that, although it's pretty late in the game to go that route. >> general, it's pretty clear at this point that americans are reticent to do anything with boots on the ground in the region there. i'm just wondering if the circumstances change and as they become more dramatic, the images coming out of, out from isis. if that changes the american psyche and it becomes inevitable that the president has to put boots on the ground and is able to do so politically? >> well, i would assert that from a military perspective alone, it

the islamic state organization now, who they are. >> 21st century hellfire to bring back an ancient empire. in seventh century, there was a unified muslim nation across the middle east. today, the islamic state organization wants to re-create this caliphate, complete with sharia law in one supreme leader. >> our fighters have rushed to the caliphate and appointing imam their leader. it is a duty to muslims that has been lost through the centuries. >> already controlling large parts of syria and iraq, the group wants to, in its words free palestine and conquer jordan and lebanon. >> only one country. we also have only one imam. >> u.s. officials say it has 15,000 active fighters from 81 countries. >> we have brothers from bangladesh iraq, cambodia, australia, u.k. >> islamic state members say anyone not part of their group is not a true muslim and therefore a legitimate target in their holy war. islam's highest authorities reject the ideology totally. >> it is painful that such inhumane crimes are committed in the name of islam, which is a religion of mercy. >> their ideas may be rejected by mainstream muslims, but their message and sophisticat

. >> it's the first visit to a muslim nation since the crackdown from iraq. these are live pictures from mother teresa square in tarana. later on he'll address other religious leaders at the catholic university. live pictures from the albanian capital. >>> more to come - all the sport. what has this guy so angry? we'll have the details after the break. more than that. stay with us. iranians iranians sh >> welcome back. time for the sport with sapper. >> thank you. formula 1, lewis hamilton and nico rosberg resume their rivalry at the singapore grand prix. lewis hamilton will be on pole position, narrowly beating nico rosberg in qualifying on saturday. it's hamilton's sixth poll of the season, as he tries to close a 22-point gap between him and his german team-mate. we have more. >> reporter: the night race in singapore. one of the most spectacular on the f1 called. the circuit producing a spectacular and close qualifying session of this and any other season. in terms of who had the recipe for success, the red ball of sebastien vettel was looking good, until h

a member of nato since 1952 turkey is the only musli muslim-majority nation to be in the organization, and has the second largest standing military force in nato after the united states. but turkey is also surrounded by long-simmering conflicts and hostile neighbors. to the south, turkey, once a solid ally of israel, has been sending money to the gaza strip since 2008. the palestinian enclave hamas is considered a terrorty group by israel and the united states. the support came to a head in 2010 when the turkish sponsored gaza freedom flotilla was intercepted and boarded by the israeli military. that left eight turks and one dual national american dead. >> there is a lot of sympathy for palestinians rights. that's not to suggest that all turks are supporters of hamas, although there ar certainly are. >> turkey has the poorest 800-mile border, a smugglers haven for centuries. but now turke turkey is now swept up in turmoil. president erdogan once a close ally of bashar al-assad, but he broke with damascus after a bloodedy assault on protesters back in 2011. since then turkey has allowe

are they prepared, the arab and muslim nations to prepared to boots on the ground themselves.l it be saudi aircraft conducting the bombing in syria in things of that nature. we need answers on. >> and the sunni shia issue. i'll read an article in the "new york times." to mr. assad and his closest advisers these people say the american decision represents a victory for his long standing strategy which is destroying in moderate opposition to the rule. could we be helping the assad dictatorship here in the long-term? >> well, to the extent that the groups from all angles around the international community want the isis group destroyed it happens by consequence that we have the same strategy. i do not believe by doing what we're doing or doing what the president is proposing. we are in league with the assad regime. we have many, many differences with them. it happens. we would like to isil trampled. i don't think that means we have adopted assad's strategy. >> senator roger wicker. thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >>> glad to be with you. >>> and thi

the world a safe place. have mercy on him. he was born in detroit, the nation of al islam, the nation of islam was born in detroit. and why were the muslimsfe here? this is a chocolate city. this is a black city who is being boycotted now the same way that haiti was because of the black power that they have here. but why was, why was dearborn, why were the muslims safe here? martin luther king, whose last words, the last words he spoke publicly when he knew he was going to be assassinated. he said i would like to live a long life, longevity has it place but that doesn't matter to me. what did he say? i just want to do god's will. and then he was murdered. and the bill that allowed for nonwhite immigrants to start coming to america in big number bs with our deer beloved brown -- this was preceded by the civil rights bill. that's what caused this to happen. nonmuslim african americans made america a safe place for islam. when people stand up for civil rights and for human rights in this context, this is the language that we're using. but my experience when i go places is that -- to get back to [ speaking foreign language ] very quickly. the

the muslim world. and this week in my speech to the united nations general assembly, i made very clear we are not at war islam. islam is a religion that preaches peace and the overwhelming majority of muslims are peaceful. but in the muslim world right now, there is a cancer that has grown for too long that suggests that it is acceptable to kill innocent people who worship a different god. and that kind of extremism, unfortunately, means that we're gonna see for some time the possibility that in a whole bunch of different countries, radical groups may spring up, particularly in countries that are still relatively fragile, where you had sectarian tensions, where you don't have a strong state security apparatus. that's why what we have to do is rather than play whack-a-mole and send u.s. troops wherever this occurs, we have to build strong partnerships. we have to get the international community to recognize this is a problem. we've got to get arab and muslim leaders to say very clearly, "these folks do not represent us. they do not represent islam" and to speak out forcefully against them. >> kroft: i un