i cannot conceive of the pentagon releasing this on their own. s exactly the sort of thing that should remain completely confidential for 50 years. jon: let's check out what's ahead on "outnumbered" at the top of the number. harris and jedediah, what do you have? >> we are awaiting a pentagon briefing at the top of the hour. one day after defense secretary chuck hagel warned the terror group i is sis is beyond anything that we've seen, so how will this administration deal with the growing threat? >> plus, missouri's governor is calling off the national guard, as you know, after another peaceful night in ferguson. and at the same time, president obama is now the one getting hammered for his handling of the situation in ferguson. >> and has that shaming taken -- fat shaming taken other our cartoons? why scooby doo's movie is now sparking outrage. >> i can't wait what they say. he's my favorite, by the way. >> oh, yeah. mine too. >> all that plus our hashtag one lucky guy. last time he got in trouble for his cuff links. jon, back to you. jon: all rig

agoou are here two years when the pentagon was resized for not planning for sequestration. today, in terms of planning for what may likely happen -- >> we have given the planning guidance for a range of budgetary options. i really don't want to go into any more detail than that. withaw how we dealt sequestration and the planning that we did for a when we submitted the 15 budget. getting that is on 15 budget authorized and appropriated. we have not only had libertarians, we have had many issues up on the hill. secondary to that is the 16 budget. i won't go into detail about that. >> what do we know that this china pa that happened? why didn't you disclose a quicker? >> there was not some machiavelli an attempt here to conceal. i think we needed to process information and figure out what happened. believe, and i think this was the right course too -- we wanted to make sure that we had taken the opportunity to register our deep concern directly with the pla, which we have done. it made no sense to go public with that until we have had a chance to deliver that, which we did toda

that is the responsibility of the pentagon. ere are dedicated professionals there, who are responsible and take seriously their responsible. >> go out and raise campaign money? i asked last week made the statement about james foley's beheading within minutes was on the golf course. is he detached, does he feel like critics coming after him, it doesn't matter anymore? why is he still raising campaign money, playing golf when he acknowledges he doesn't have a strategy to deal with this? >> well, ed, the job of any u.s. president is to be able to handle a lot of different responsibilities at the same time. that is why the president has a national security team and whom he has a lot of confidence. it is also why he, you know, works closely with his advisors on a range of issues, to make sure that he is leading them in the right direction, that he is setting a vision for the future of this country. that is what allows him to handle a lot of responsibilities at the same time. one of his responsibility as the head, the head of the part

half of america tax goes to the pentagon goes defense budget to start these wars a convenience to continue the american empire around the world but warren buffett of course doesn't want to have to pay for those wars so he's fleeing to canada these are financial. cowards. we think if we. going to. wade in the ocean breeze. little secret a secret the u.s. government would like you. good morning. libya's interim government has resigned after islamists tighten their grip on the country pushing it towards the worst crisis since twenty eleven and this comes days after militants declared a breakaway regime to rival the elected parliament libya does remain split however between two rival camps one controlled by islamist backed rebel factions the other . a rogue general from the. now it's being alleged that the islamist militias are receiving support from turkey and. are also being made between the actions of the renegade who is a u.s. citizen and the actions of the egyptian military during the coup that ousted president morsy. and egypt along with the emirates as i should say excuse me it's now be

the pentagon says the chinese fighter came within 30 feet of the navy p.a. poseidon plane.says the action posed a safety risk to the american crew. >>> ukraine's government is calling it an invasion. russia says it's a humanitarian mission. dozens of trucks supposedly carrying aid to desperate residents of the turbulent east have crossed the border. senior affairs correspondent amy kellogg on what happens now. >> reporter: without waiting for the green light from kiever more than a dozen trucks went to the border. in the end the red cross stayed behind and the russian trucks blew across the border. >> this is a direction invasion with the cynical use of the red cross. these are military vehicles. these are servicemen with fake documents. >> reporter: the ukrainians had completed inspections of some of the trucks but the russians said they couldn't wait any longer. they said ukraine had told them they could go. >> at times it seems that there is no clear chain of command in kiev because some assurances are given from -- on a very high level and then others do not give the or

the state department and the pentagon pay be ahead of the white house on this?you know, i think this could be a real turning point. you had mike morales saying this is the most complex terrorism problem he ever encountered what kind of statement is that from someone who is a career cia intelligence operative? that is a terrifying statement from your previous guest and i think it is really, the horrific, the horrific scene there i think is has really touched a lot of americans the question is, what has been the impact on president obama? because we have seen in the past president obama has at times talked pretty tough but he has been kind of allergic to military action when it comes right down to it. does this change his calculus of what to do? that i think is the question to watch. >> president goss on vacation and i can't recall a one who went on vacation that didn't get some criticism for doing it, lbj would go to his ranch president, first president bush went to kennebunkport. the other bush went down to crawford texas. but this president seems to be especial

the pentagon has been drawing up options for the president for weeks. plans that include attacking isis supply lines in syria where drones began flying for the first time this week. gathering intelligence and mapping possible isis targets. until now, the president had not authorized the air force to fly unmanned drones over syria. >> jennifer, thanks for that. joining us now at the map, the research director at the institute for the study of war and former u.s. army intelligence officer jessica lewis, who's an expert on isis. jessica, you and i have talked about this before. explain how bureaucratic the structure of isis is, how it almost has a corporate structure. >> yeah, so we were particularly able to tell earlier this summer when isis released its second annual report that isis does have the ability to document the attacks that are conducted by all of its local military organizations throughout its depths as depicted by this map with the isis controlled and operational areas designated in red, that controlling that campaign requires such a bureaucr

>> we'll hear more from the pentagon in a briefing moments from now. as foley's parents reveal new details today on the threatening e-mail from their son's captors just days before his murder. >> i do not realize how brutal they were and i actually hope we didn't engage in negotiations with them. >> not backing down, missouri governor jay nixon pulls the national guard troops out of ferguson and he stands up to pressure to assign a special prosecutor in the death of michael brown. >> we have a local elected prosecutor who, no, i'm not going to take him off the case. he said he's going to -- >> you're saying that now. you are not going to appoint a special prosecutor? >> right. no. i'm not. >>> good day, i'm chris matthews in washington in today for andrea mitchell. ? just a few moments, the pentagon press secretary is expected to build upon the uncensored comments on isis we've heard this week from the president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff prompting new questions across the country about how far this administr

his words in a moment. >>> well, syria could be the pentagon's next target. the u.s.up its strategy against isis in the wake of that grisly murder of american journalist james foley. a militant official tells "the wall street journal" air strikes could target isis leaders and, quote, high defensive targets. the u.s. is ready to take action against any threat that could include isis training camps, yes, in syria. dispute national security adviser ben rhodes put it bluntly, if you come after americans, we're going to come after you wherever you are, essentially. none of that tough talk is going to bring about james foley whose parents say they remember him for his gentleness. >> he was strong, courageous, loving to the end. we just have to recognize our little boy. i mean, he was just a hero, you know. >> you know from the videos -- to see my family. >> so jim had a big heart. >> strong people. foley's brother michael said james also had courage which he showed right up to the end. he said the u.s. needs to show that now, needs to show some of that courage. in his words

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? overseeing the shipment of weapons directly to the kurds and about face by the obama administration which, until now had resisted directly arming the kurdish. carried out a total of 15 air strikes targeting isis targets and now flying a total of 50 to 60 reconnaissance sorts a day. 14 humanitarian air drops to thousands of stranded. air drops have dropped 75,000 meals to stranded refugees trapped in the mountains and 16,000 gallons of fresh drinking water. the u.s. is conducting air strikes with f-18s off george f.w. bush. president obama talked about setting up humanitarian corridor but the pentagon is having trouble mapping out corridor. red line for the pentagon and white house right now. there are no plans to expand the operation to anything other than defensive humanitarian assistance, according to the pentagon lt. general who briefed today. kurdish leaders say that the left on the mountain are facing genocide. president obama welcomed the announcement by the new barack obama were

but some of the refugees who have been on that mountain don't share the pentagon's optimistic assessment. charlie d'agata is with them. >> reporter: thousands of these refugees have cheated death twice, first at the hands of isis militants, then from starvation on mount sinjar, where they'd fled. ali escaped the mountain five days ago. he told us he saw helicopters on the mountaintop but never any airdrops of food and water. what was it like on the mountain? >> the mountain is not good. we don't have water. we don't have food. the people there is very tired. >> reporter: and, he said, people were dying. he knew he had to get his young family to safety elsewhere, even at the risk of running into isis fighters. like many people we spoke with, he told us there are still thousands of yazidis who are trapped or too weak to leave. those who made it from mount sinjar to this camp make up the majority of the 15,000 refugees here, three times the number it was designed to hold. for now, there's enough food and water to go around. women make bread and cook potatoes on open fires. they've escaped t

we'll take you over to the pentagon where the press secretary of the pentagon is speaking out. he's certainly going(tn get some questions on this. >> and secretary hagel made clear the determination of the iraqi people and the international commune to the counter this threat will only grow. the united states looks forward to working with our friends from around the world to assist in that effort. with that, i'll take some questions. bob? >> could you be more specific, i think you used the word munit n munitions. what type of munitions you're talking about? >> this is an important point. what's great about this effort is, many of these partner nations have in their stocks more than we do, the kinds of equipment that kurdish forces use, which isn't necessarily american-made material. so it covers the full range, small arms ammunition and other personnel served weaponry. i don't have a complete inventory for you. >> if i can change the subject briefly. >> sure. >> could you confirm the reports of the egyptian uae carrying out the air strikes in libya and the u.s. tried to warn them

the pentagon is calling for a strategy involving several countries. meanwhile the fbi and homeland security say there are no specific or credible threats to actual u.s. soil. but the president's national security advisor had tough words for anyone thinking about an attack. >> we are going to do what is necessary to protect americans. and so if we see plotting against americans, we see a threat to the united states, emanating from anywhere, we stand ready to take action against that threat. we've made very clear time and again that if you come after americans we're going to come after you wherever you are and that's what's going to guide our planning in the days to come. >> ben rhodes also said that the united states will not be restricted by borders, indicating that the united states may be weighing action inside syria. joining us now is robert grenier, former counterterrorism official at the central intelligence agency. robert, we heard comparisons with al qaeda, the suggestion that the islamic state has plenty of money. how great a threat do you thin

also at the pentagon. the most senior u.s. officer killed since 9/11 and a significant casualty toll, as well began with what was a routine visit to the marshal fahim university where after gan senior military officers are trained. this was a senior delegation involving more than one coalition general and they were met with a brazen attack. an afghan soldier i'm told had completed a seven-step vetting process opening fire with a russian made light machine gun killed the general. he wounded at least 15 others including eight americans and a german general and some of those wounded are seriously wounded. the attacker then killed as forces responded. the attack raising hard questions not only about the vetting process but also the upcoming handover of security in afghanistan from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan forces. >> we're months away from the u.s. handing over security responsibility for afghanistan to afghans forces like these. does this undermine your confidence in their ability to take over that role? >> the afghan n

the pentagon has a lot of options. they have been working on options. the president has seen some of these options. he hasn't decided where he's going to go on this yet. in isolation, the comments we saw from the president this week are not completely surprising. he is someone who tends to be cautious, takes him time on making foreign policy decisions, but when you compare that with what we have heard, his own military advisers and advisers in the white house who have been talking in a forward-leaning way, that's why i think people were surprised. >> how do you explain that? was he digging in his heels around everyone around him? >> i think so. he said even though you have heard from the pentagon, from piece in the white house we're going to be aggressive on this, i'm the president of the united states, i haven't made a decision yet, and i'm going to take my time and do timeline. >> we asked you for questions from the panel and we got this one from twitter. obama has options from dod, department of defense, but not thone he wants. is he insisting on a mi

i do have the navy rear admiral john kirby, the spokesman for the pentagon, back with me live. i understand your phone's cutting out somewhat. you're joining us from new delhi. i do appreciate you re-establishing a connection with us, admiral. the question i asked just before we lost contact was this, are there any forces on the ground, isis forces on the ground, equipped with the kind of artillery, anti-aircraft tanks, et cetera, that could take out an american c-130, c-17, or even the higher flying fighter jets? >> yeah, it's a terrific question, look, i'd rather not get into intelligence assessments of their capability. they're well resourced. they're well led, well organized. force protection is always a top priority for us. we always take into account those kinds of threats and challenges. we did that in last night's operation. we will continue to do that in every operation that we conduct. i'll point out to you that last night it was a very safe and successfully conducted operation. a lot of work went into that. a lot of planning. we're going to continue to do that in ever

the pentagon getting involved. what more do you know about this? why not? r so much damage has been wrought just since the weekend. >> that's right, ashleigh. the president has been meeting with his national security team this morning. and this is what officials are saying is that this is right now a humanitarian problem, but they're really concerned that this could grow even further and they'll have a real catastrophe on their hands. what we understand is the pentagon is considering is air drop of food, medicine, water but perhaps also senior u.s. officials telling jim chute sci it could also involve some kind of humanitarian effort, supporting iraqis to get this population out. we're talking about 40,000 people, ashleigh, in desperate need of food and water. and there is a concern that the isis rebels could -- militants could move in on them. >> and just so people know, this is a group that is sort of considered a pre-islamic sect. they draw their beliefs from christianity and judaism. i mean, this is sort of a very unique and a group that most people have

you try to bomb the pentagon and u.s. capitol. you sounded totally different today. you have talked about teaching. you talked about being an educator. have talked. what happened to the old revolutionary? is he still alive? or has he thrown in the towel? >> i feel that i am still a revolutionary is by revolutionary humane -- you mean having a fully worked out program by which we could imagine a different world and move forward, i don't mean that. but if you mean someone who is willing to dive in and make sense and five from her peace and justice and more balance and more sustainability and being willing to live with ambiguity and complexity and try to move forward, sure how i consider myself someone who sees the need for a fundamental change. i'll give you an example -- to me, the struggle against white supremacy in which i invited everyone to join is a struggle that still goes on. it is not over. it hasn't ended. it is a struggle that still goes on. it takes different forms good it is not slavery and it is not jim crow. today. white supremacy >> the debate is hosted

the pentagon says summit aircraft conducted six air strikes to help iraqi and kurdish forces in the north. and forces are trying to bolster their control of the dam, the largest in the country, u.s. and iraqi can officials have long fears that if rebel forces plow up the dam, the results floodwaters would kill hundreds of thousands of people in cities including baghdad. earlier this week, when islamic state must be lished a video of beheadingly. beheading today we learns that foley's captors offered to release him in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in ransome. following all the development oz they have story from washington, there was news, today, about the ransome news about an effort to rescue folly, tell us about it. >> welshes david, let's bring you the latest information, and take you across the river to the pentagon, with the secretary defense is holding a press conference now, with his counter part. martin dempsey, now, first, on that rescue mission that came up empty, it happened earlier this summer, here is what dempsey said. it was executed flaw leslie, but they sim

weaponry include missouri california mississippi and georgia that's according to fusion and while the pentagon has said the goal of the program has been to improve homeland security its application is raising harsh criticism especially in the aftermath of recent events in ferguson where issues of police misconduct overly violent heavily militarized and unaccountable. forefront so these last revelations on a poor bookkeeping track record in almost two hundred police departments across the u.s. are already drawing sharp criticism and a demand for answers from officials purview of the ten thirty thirty three program is currently being conducted by the white house and as they say check it out they are as good have you with us today after insisting moscow is not doing enough to ease tensions in ukraine washington's preparing more economic sanctions against russia and the sentiment was echoed by german chancellor angela merkel who said the e.u. is also considering whether to step up its own restrictions however already there are many politicians who can sort of us policy counterproductive that numbe

we just learned from the pentagon the gunman is believed to be an afghan soldier. let's go straight to our white house correspondent jim acosta. update us, what we know right now. >> wolf what we can tell you right now, as the pentagon and white house briefings are under way simultaneously, this is obviously the major topic coming up that the president has been briefed on. this attack at this military training academy in afghanistan and the pentagon press secretary, rear admiral john kirby, just a few moments ago, confirmed to reporters, a u.s. general was killed in this attack, and the assailant at this point is believed to be an afghan soldier. kirby added this happened as the general was visiting this academy outside of kabul, the capital in afghanistan. along with this general who was killed, some 15 other both coalition forces and afghan forces members were injured, including a german brigadier general. you know this, these kinds of attacks, these green on blue attacks, or insider attacks, as they're called, are not that unusual. there have been dozens over th

the stories of small towns are becoming more and more ubiquitous four billion has been given by the pentagon in surplus equipment the town only has to pay for the delivery but then they have to pay for maintenance and so taxpayers are bearing the cost going forward of roughly twenty to forty thousand just to do maintenance on a seven hundred thousand dollars vehicle and i don't think this is something a lot of people think about at all you know. well yeah absolutely and as i mentioned we're now starting to hear a lot of criticism over the program we've seen community leaders speak out we're now seeing lawsuits and i'm assuming we're going to start seeing more of those what do you make of the public outcry i mean is this a signal that we're turning a page here with an incredible. opportunity based on very unfortunate circumstances in ferguson because we've been working this defense committee on national legislation we're also working to his case and for the last year but of course people who participate in our time saw armored tanks come down the street armored personnel carriers and routes i

weaponry include missouri california mississippi and georgia that's according to fusion and while the pentagon has said the goal of the program has been to improve homeland security its application is raising harsh criticism especially in the aftermath of recent events in ferguson where issues of police misconduct overly violent heavily militarized and unaccountable behavior have been at the forefront so these last revelations on a poor bookkeeping track record and almost two hundred police departments across the u.s. are already drawing sharp criticism and a demand for answers from officials purview of the ten thirty thirty three program is currently being conducted by the white house and stacy target out party. you are right time to dive into the r.t. world update now will start with the demonstrators who were upset over the layoff of workers at a spanish airbase they've occupied city hall in the tunnel. they brought with their mattresses and spent the night just inside and just outside the building protesters said the company that manages the air base has been taking advantage of economic d

>> obviously the pentagon is, as a whole, saddened by the loss of this general. they are not identifying him because they are in the process of contacting his family. that said, this is perhaps the highest ranking u.s. general officer to die in action since the september 11th attacks. there's a concern. people are asking whether it is safe for u.s. forces to remain in afghanistan. essentially the response from u.s. general kirby is you can't mitigate all of the risk of. >> i think we have been very honest that the insider threat is probably - it's a personishes -- perniceous threat and it's difficult to ascertain and come to terms with the scope of it wherever you are, particularly in afghanistan. afghanistan is still a war zone. >> and there's also this, tony, the ongoing question of whether the afghan army is going to be ready to take over all security at the end of 2014. that's regardless of whether the u.s. and afghanistan sign what is known as a bilateral security agreement, or bsa, allowing the u.s. forces to remain in a training and support role in 2015 an

for more on the military options to combat the islamic state i am joined from the pentagon. thank you so much for joining me. what are the options on the table? your bosses have already indicated you can't get rid of the islamic state without dealing with them in syria. it is where americaville to strike inside syria? >> i don't know if i would characterize it as almost inevitable. we have to look at the whole region and they are across what is no longer a real border between the two countries. there will not be strictly a military solution. it has to be a holistic and international approach and can't just be through the use of air strikes. as you know radical ideology can only be defeated when it is rejected. it will be governance in iraq and syria which is sorely lacking in both places. >> you represented the pentagon. >> we will defend our personnel and our facilities to help the iraqi security forces and kurdish forces take the fight to them. i will not get into operations conducted anywhere else. i can say we are keenly focused on supporting the iraqi security forces in