they participated as opposed to just supportinging here in the u.a.e. e five in a support role. but the uk and bahrain out of the region where i am now. and jordan actually acted out of the air, we know, dropping bombs, their planes getting safely home, air forces. so, yes, real participation. the importance of arab allies, john, as you know, cannot be understatemented. president obama will be joined in new york, at the u.n. today, by huge delegations from these nations regionally. and let me tell you why, if you talk to the man on the street here and to anybody in government, they say it is about time that arab nations stepped up to the plate and said this is our war. they asked for help in syria, they asked for help in degrading and destroying isis. but in the end, this san arab that needs to be addressed by arab nations. and i was interested to see the editorial in one of the main newspapers today, perhaps invoking the view of the man on the street here. i just quote to you, the perversion of ideology and religion that isis presents poses a real dange

and it's the u.a.e.m leader. >> stephen: a female fighter pilot, flying airstrikes for the u.a.e. she has shattered the glass ceiling. and the rest of the building as well. folks, i'm thrilled about this lady pilot-- or pil-ette-- because i've been a longtime supporter of women's equal right to fight in wars instead of me. ( laughter ) and i'm not the only one. >> hey isis, you were bombed by a woman. oh yeah. i hope that hurt extra bad from you because in some arab countries, women can't even drive. >> stephen: yeah! that's what i call progress for women! and nothing but nothing is going to roll that progress back. >> i hope that hurt extra bad from you because in some arab countries, women can't even drive. >> problem is, after she bombed it, she couldn't park it. >> i salute her. >> would that be considered boobs on the ground, or no? >> oh! >> stephen: wow! wow! i mean, how-- how ignorant-- how ignorant can you be? boobs onthe ground? this woman's a fighter pilot. show some respect. it's clearly a "p

and the u.a.e. very unusually coming out and confirming what it did in saying that it has flown the first of its air strikes, assuming therefore, there will be more to come, u.a.e. in the air. saudi in the air. bahrain in the air. outside of this region, jordan in the air. all of these flights, we believe, came back safely. qatar, not very far from here, in a supporting role. there are logistics and intelligence roles that need to be played from here as well. but there's one editorial that i was reading this morning that i thought really summed up in a local newspaper here how the government and indeed the people in the street feel. it said the perversion of ideology and religion that isis represents poses a real danger to the region. i think guess the next question is and what we'll be waiting to hear from obama on this at the u.n. today, let me tell you the delegations from here are huge at the u.n. for this u.n., and understandably so. we're waiting to find out what the interim game is. we know wh

and egypt and the u.a.e. were responsible for the attacks. they have been fighting to take control of the capitol. >>> hospital workers in sierra leone treating ebola patients say their strike will continue. they work at the government hospital which is treating 80 patients. a number of doctors and nurses have died from ebola, and they complain they have not been paid in two weeks. a photo journalist working in sierra leone, she said the patients cannot be transferred to another treatment center. >> the red cross have just built a brand new treatment center which as of today is ready to take its first batch of patients. they were supposed to be coming the first group, initially about five patients, they were supposed to come from government hospitals. but because of the strikes it's going to be impossible to get any patients out that have hospital and into the red cross center. there is a lack of communication. people really don't know what the situation is. we've also learned in the meantime that there are three medical doctors who have been

saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and the u.a.e. ve been involved, and qatar has been involving support. the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets started hitting the tarts on monday. you look at the map. the areas in yellow, the fighters or parts held by the i.s.i.l. fighters in the air strikes - they hit the city of raqqa, a stronghold for the i.s.i.l. fighters, the center of their operations until they captured mosul. it struck on the border with iraq, buildings, checkpoints and weapons stores coming under fire. here is what we heard from john kirby: let's start the coverage with events being followed from amman in jordan, and we'll talk specifically about jordan. first, what happened and the involvement from the arab world. >> well, we understand according to several activist groups that have a presence on the ground in syria is that i.s.i.l. targets were struck in the provinces in raqqa and another province. two provinces where the islamic state controlled territory. we understand there are casualties, we have not heard about civilian

australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help battle the troops. >>> let's focus on the kitting of the u.k. aid workers, and a video apparently has been sent of the beheading of the father-of-two. president obama said: >>> britain's prime called it fewer evil, saying they would do everything in their power to face justice, however long it takes. >>> we go to erbil in iraq, first to emma haywood outside the british parliament. david cameron called the killing an act of evil. what is happening there in terms of snons. >> well, david cameron welcome back to doungt, issuing the statement, calling the act despicable and an appalling act of evil. it was echoed by others. barack obama called it a barbaric murder. islamic groups condemned it. including the society in britain, here, david cameron will host an emergency meeting with advisors and ministers to decide how to respond. it will be interesting whether we see a shift in policy towards iraq, coming out of that meeting. britain has donated arms to the north of iraq. we expect

australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help the international coalition. let's focus on the killing of the aid worker, and the islamic state released a video apparently showing one of their men beheading the 44-year-old father-of-two. his beheading following that of journalist steven sotloff, also taken in 2013. and another u.s. journalist james foley was kidnapped in 2012. >> u.s. president obama condemned what he described as a barbaric murder, sake: let's talk to emma haywood, live from west minister in london. emma, david cameron called this an act of pure evil. what else has he been saying there? >> yes, the british prime minister condemning the murder of david haines in the strongest terms in a statement last night, and said: those words have been echoed by other political leaders in the u.k. other groups in the u.k., like the islamic society of brit yin, and barack obama, the u.s. president who called it a barbaric murder. later today david cameron will convene a meeting of his cobra committee, senior advisors and cabinet members, an emergency meeti

egypt, jordan, lebanon and iraq several gulf countries kuwait, bahrain, qatar, the e the u.a.e.. other countries included in the effort are canada and australia, the only nations to give details of theirtrixes. we havtheir contributions. >> reporter: this initiative in paris has been welcomed by the iraqis. the foreign minister saying that the islamic state weren't created in iraq but they're having a huge suspec impact on the country. the iraqis are looking to update the iraqi army, intelligence gathering and help in humanitarian assistance. they will be hoping that their leaders will come back from paris with a concrete plan to present to their people. ththe broad over arching messages that the group needs to be defeated. this needs to be welcomed by the iraqis. there are concerns here from many different groups. the sunnies, internationalizing the fight against the islamic state group, what you're doing is not reaching out to the people that can help the people like sunni rebels who are involved in fighting i.s. with iraqi forces. bringing those people back in the fold. reachin

australia is sending fighter jets and 600 troops to the u.a.e. to help the international coalition battle the group. >>> let's focus on the killing of the british aid worker and the islamic state group released a video showing one of their men beheading the 44-year-old father of two. he was kidnapped in syria last year, and his killing follows the beheading of the steven sotloff, who was taken in 2013, and james foley was kidnapped in 2012 president obama called is barbaric and said: we'll go to erbil in northern iraq in a moment, first to emma hay board outside the british parliament. david cameron called this killing an act of evil. what else has he been saying? >> yes, condemning it in the strongest possible terms. when he arrived back at downing street he issued a statement saying we'll do everything in our power to hunt down the murderers and and ensure we do justice. the words echoed across the u.k., and many groups, the islamic society of britain coming out to condemn the killing of david haines. his family talking of their sadness over the

over the weekend larry, the u.a.e., saudis, announced they'd send planes and be part of that. france said the same thing. sounds like the idea of bombing the group is popular, but not necessarily sending in soldiers. >> it's less risk. you saw libya, all the bombing, none are of the planes were lost, and it doesn't inflament the local population. i don't think it's a problem in iraq. you do have iraqi forces there, the peshmerga, and hopefully some units of the iraqi military, now that you have an inclusive government and shia militias. the problem is syria. at some point the free syrian army may be ready. it will not happen quickly. as has been pointed out, no matter what you do, you'll help someone you don't want to help. if you get i.s.i.s. out, you bring in the al nusra, the al qaeda offshoot, or bring in bashar al-assad. i think the hope in syria is that we could do a decapitation strike like we did about osama bin laden or something, and at some point have the russians interseed to come up with a netted solution down the road. it's hard to see us going in and taking it ov

when you listen to the u.a.e.'s ambassador to washington, ahead of this speech and ahead of this coalition effort against isis, he said very specifically that the ua.e. was behind an international coalition to fight, degrade and destroy isis. he went on to say that isis isn't the only problem in this region. it is bigger than that. the problem of extremist violence is huge. i'm alluding here to the libyas o of this world on the brink of absolute disaster. that feeds into egypt, for example. i think this speech rather than it being seen as a lecture, i think the fact that the u.s. has led this sort of arab-allied coalition may legitimize what otherwise may have been seen as a bit of a lecture. i think this will go down quite well in this region. >> i'm sure it will go down well in jordan and the other countries involved militarily with the united states. let's see how it goes down elsewhere in the region. becky, standby. we're going to get back to everyone. we have a lot more analysis coming up. new information comi

military officials say jordan, bahrain and the u.a.e. are playing an active role against the stronghold in syria. they could be providing intelligence to war planes and other military hardware. qatar is also said to be involved, but in a more supportive role. the details of exactly how all of these countries are participating is something we expect to learn later today. as for the attack itself, 47 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired in the nearby red sea and persian gulf. we are seeing some of those missiles in action in this video that just came in this morning. up nothing now, the u.s. had not yet used this kind of weapon in the fight against isil in iraq. each tomahawk is powerful. 18 feet long, carrying a 1,000-pound warhead, used to hit stationery targets with precision. beyond the missiles were several fighter jets, bombers and drones, as well. all of the aircraft involved in the attacks are now safely back to base. >> explain why the makeup of these particular arab nations are so significant for this arab nation. >> two of america

we'll get some kind of a capability out of the u.a.e. the matter, given all that is at risk here nor for the middle east and for them and our vital interests and given the things we have done to provide for security umbrella for years, it is inadequate. lou: inadequate, we're now 13 years on from the time george w. bush made his very famous speech which he declared against al qaeda and he said it would not end with al qaeda. he was a prophet because it certainly has not. at what point, we talk about war fatigue for the american people. but our military machine and our military manpower, i mean, my gosh, we've been talking about, this is going on 23 years of war, of conflict, in the middle east. when can the american people expect resolution here? when will our, when will our elected leaders, when will our flag officers say, by god, enough of this nonsense. we've got to win and we're going to do everything we can to win quickly, not in terms of a long, so-called, war? >> well, i think dealing with the ideology is going to be protracted an

. >> the first female pilot, piloting for the u.a.e. eading the strikes dropped the bomb on isis on monday. this is incredible. >> is that cared boobs on the ground? >>> he apologized the in day and open friday, he gave a more lengthy expression of regret. >> perform news received letters from viewing including from women in the military and i have taken them to heart. therefore, let me speak clearly and sincerely i am sorry what i said. i believe she is a hero, courageous and brave and citizens our prayer not inappropriate jokes. >> well...i'm a girl so i get the question. it is a stupid joke and it would be stupid whether it was on television or around the dinner table. you do not talk about anyone and gender in that way especially in a time of work. >> it resonated because this woman as he say, is a hero and she is risking her life and the gender temple came up. >>> do not forget as we do every sunday morning, we will read some of your messages. ahead, allegations of plagiarism and the white house tries to tamper with full reports wri

. >> we are told the u.a.e. and saudi arabia participated in the strikes. how involved militarily are the five arab nations? >> you know, from the reports it seems it was more of a symbolic thing. the heavy lifting is being done by the united states, specially since the european allies have yet to join in, with the exception that france conducted some air strikes in iraq. in syria, it seems like it's on its own, at least for now. >> how serious a threat is the so-called khorasan group to the united states and the world? >> it is a serious threat. we have to put this into context because khorasan is smaller organizationally speak. it's not a group, it's an extension of al qaeda and syria. in syracuia they have two branc, it's part of the landscape fighting the bashar al-assad regime. it has set up this arm or wing, it's not a group independent of al qaeda, and it's trying to use syria has a launchpad for the transcontinental attacks. it is a threat more so than i.s., because i.s. is focussed on controlling territory as opposed to using western jihadists to s

didn't go it alone, making an unschedule stop at the united nations to thank qatar, saudi arabia, the u.a.e., jordan and bahrain for taking part in the operation. >> we've all seen with the emergence of isil, so much progress is threatened and so many people's lives are threatened. because of the almost unprecedented effort of this coalition, i think we now have an opportunity to send a very clear message that the world is united. >> the obama administration is denying reports it coordinated strikes with syria, saying only the government of bashar al assad was informed and warned not to interfere with u.s. planes. the military said his radar was not actively pursuing them. the target was islamic state of iraq and the levant, headquarters, storage buildings, supply trucks and finance center, but weren't the only targets. the u.s. alone went after khorasan, a group affiliated with al-qaeda. >> the khorasan group is clearly not focused on the assad regime for syrian people. they are establishing routes to advance attacks against the west and the homeland. >> the pentagon says it didn't target

he got bahrain, saudi arabia, the u.a.e. you even have qatar working with the u.s. to attack isis sites. the u.s. on its own struck a different area, we understand, against a brand-new terror group that some say is more dangerous. >> al qaeda fighters from pakistan and afghanistan migrated into syria. there were eight separate attacks that occurred there by the united states forces only. >> you know what's curious about the announcement? by the way, we should point out the pentagon announced last night at 9:30 eastern time that the bombing started. yet there was a guy on the ground in raqqa who was on twitter saying the sky is filled with drones. what is curious is after the fighting actually started, the pentagon through one of its spokes people -- by the way we're going to talk to admiral kirby in about an hour to find out what's going on over there. somebody from the pentagon, a spokesperson said last night was the most intense night of the syrian airstrike campaign. all the fighting for the most part, they make it sound like, just happened. if you're isis, it's

and just or the weekend larry, u.a.e., the unit arab emirates and the saudis announced they'd send planes be part of that. france last week said the same thing. sounds like the idea of just bombing this group is very popular, but not necessarily sending in soldiers. . >> it's popular for a few reasons, it doesn't mean lives lost and doesn't inflame the local population. i don't think it is a problem in iraq, there's the peshmerga, and some of the iraqi military, now there's an inclusive government, and the shia militias, the problem is syria. and at some point they may be ready, but it will not happen quickly. as has been pointed out here, in syria, no matter what you do, you'll help someone you don't want to help, okay. if you get i.s.i.s. out, you bring in al nusra, the al qaeda offshoot or, you know, bashar al-assad. i think the hope would be in syria that we could do a decapitation strike like we did with osama bin laden, and hopefully at some point have the russians interseed to come up with a negotiated solution, you know, down the - down the road. it's hard to see, you know, us go

but without qatar, saudi arabia, the u.a.e. n board they'll have problems with that strategy, ali. >> the groups you're working with, they want weaponry. the air coverage is helping them make advances against islamic state, but they need assistance, and at the moment the west is dealing with the concept of there being a government in baghdad dealing with this kind of thing. i think they're worried about sending heavy equipment to where you are for fear this strengthens the hand of the kurds? >> absolutely, ali. that is a major point. when countries talk about sending weapons to iraq, if they're sending them to baghdad, the heavy weaponry does not make it to erbil. they want to make sure that the peshmerga does not get too strong. they won't send it north. i have to say for any country thinking of sending heavy equipment into iraq it's a dicey proposition. we've seen the islamic state has a bunch of u.s. equipment from humvees to the larger trucks that are meant to take an i.e.d. when they defeated, they now have the humvees. onc

you have the saudis, bahrainis, the u.a.e.will have to decide where to strike. >> on that point, yesterday we heard another piece of propaganda that was released by isis. and in this 20-minute deluge they went on to speak on all of these countries and they said any country striking gens -- against isis they were encouraging lone world attacks. >> they are banking on the fact there are many jihadists around the world in these countries, including the united states. let me mention a few weeks ago a number of jihadists in the west declared that they will actually assist isis. they will be with them. they have been with al qaeda and now they're switching to isis. yes, that would be the area of great concern for our national security here in the west and the arab world as well. >> when you hear about these lone wolves and we've seen the videos of the beheadings you'd like to knock them out and like the president said destroy them all. is syria able to handle all of these isis terrorists? >> let's be very realistic with this first w

the u.a.e. staged operations and staged them rather far from the united arab emirates, as far away as libya. so it's quite possible they would join the united states in these kinetic attacks, in the air attacks we're talking about, but i think these will take a while to arrange. these are complicated things to work out, to harmonize. the united states needs to work with these other countries on divisions of labor, on deconfliction, so they can tell who's friend and foe. there are technical issues that need to be sorted through and that will take time. >> ifill: technical, diplomatic, military, there are a lot of issues to work through. another country in the region that's used as a staging platform for us in these kind of interventions is turkey. are they on board or hanging back? >> at this point, it appears turkey is hanging back. they have a history of relationships with a number of the islamist groups in syria and they don't want to be perceived as being aligned with the united states at this

egypt and the u.a.e. were responsible for the attacks. militia have been fighting one another to take control of the capital. for the latest on the ebola outbreak, in sierra leone hospital workers treating ebola patients are on strike. they work at a hospital treating 80 patients. a number of doctors and nurses died of ebola, and staff are complaining that they have not been paid for two weeks. we'll hear from a photo journalist working for al jazeera in sierra leone. >> the who, the national government and the united nations have clubbed together yesterday afternoon, spoke to leaders of the striking workers, and said "look, guys, go back to work for the weekend, and we'll talk to you on monday, send a representative out to talk to you on monday." the strikers are not convinced that that will happen, and people are back at work, not everybody is back at work, but many people have gone back to work, and they agreed that, you know, the priority is treating patients. there are more patients arriving every day, and no way that they can be lef

that means the u.a.e. did, saudi arabia, jordan and bahrain. s, contributor for the daily signal and heritage foundation contributor. thanks for being patient in washington. national defense is a big topic for you in your life. time to give props for the commander-in-chief taking action right now? >> everybody is behind the president and the country on this we've all known from the get-go, this is place it would not just be about iraq but there would be problems in syria. bill, i think we do have to be cautious. we see the video coming out. the last segment get very impressed by war power the country has, nothing wrong with that, but let's not forget syria is not even the main target now, dealing with getting isis out of iraq and getting rid of isis period. we have to keep our eye on the ball what the larger picture is. as impressive what we saw last night, the reality is it is likely going to take much more than airstrikes. eventually will take more than just five coalition partners the president announced this morning that were part of these a

ranks only behind the u.a.e. and chad when factoring in the highest u.s. corporate tax rate of 39%. some say it's time to fix the way companies and individuals pay taxes, but if history is any lesson, don't hold your breath. >> tax reform is one of these rare things, it really only happens once in a blue moon, when the stars align correctly, and i think that we're just not there. i don't know that we're going to be there in a long time. >> that last blue moon of comprehensive tax reform was in 1986. president ronald reagan lowered rates for both corporations and individuals and eliminated tax benefits and in sensist whic ce. when reagan took office, there was a greater drive for reform, since the federal income tax rate for the highest earners was 70%. it's now 39.6%. following reagan's model say experts would mean cutting popular in centives, like deductions for mortgage home interest or benefits for retirement savings. there's been more of a focus on corporate taxes, including one idea to cut the rate to 28%. >> i don't think proposals talked about in washington at the moment are

in europe about the attitude towards airstrikes against the islamic state already, and certainly the u.a.eis looking for assertive, as well. >> the president also wednesday expected to talk about the nature of the i.s. threat. you've soon in iraq, studied this country, what is the nature of the threat? >> i think there are several pieces of the threat. one is regional, the group threatens the regional balance, but there's also a threat to the united states itself through those leaving the west to go fight there and coming back to the united states and europe. >> let's talk about that. we are learning more about these two americans that have died fighting for i.s. in syria. officially, the d.o.d., chuck hagel is saying that there are dozen times fighting with the i.s. is there a profile of those drawn to the group? >> there is, typically young men, some recent converts to islam, people who don't feel at home in the west and see going to fight as a way to give meaning in their lives. >> often they have criminal backgrounds. >> frequently. we see converses in prison settings, which is underst

post at state bringing together a range of our partners in the counterterrorism efforts, we saw the u.a.e bomb sites in the libya. leaving the iraqi military aside, how do we bring to bear the saudis, jordanians and others in a realistic way? what are the prospects for that? >> well it won't be immediately. it will differ according to which one we're talking about. the saudis have been reluctant to develop serious military capabilities because they're acrude of -- afraud of a crombings up. the jordanians have excellent special operations capabilities and there will have to be discussion with them about putting those to use. hammarabis, i'm not always a fan, but the fact you have those nations getting into the act that far from their region is remarkable and suggests there's real capacity out there to be used. >> another question, this young lady here. my apologies to this side, you're on my blind side. i'll come back to you. >> hi. my question is about counterering the ideology. as you all mentioned, last huge need for it but i attended congressional hearings and there's not a single pers

. >> do you, the airstrikes by the u.a.e., or egypt was quite a development.dowel come them or do you see dangers from it? foreign secretary. >> i think we're always cautious binter ven shuns of this nature. it. it seems to be have limited intervention but in support of one side in the conflict where as our approach is to try to bring the different parties together and impress upon them need for inclusive solution that will allow various different factions and tribes in libya to live in, to coexist peacefully and share in what could be quite a significant prosperity. >> those of us who opposed intervention -- >> can i add? >> do you think we made the same mistakes as we did in iraq in 2003 when we failed to plan for what happened after military intervention? >> well, the intervention in libya was made in response to an immediate, pending humanitarian disaster. i think intervention was right. it saved many lives. we were always clear that it was going to a limited intervention. it was not going to be boots on the ground. there were no boots on the ground. it wa

how are we supposed to send the u.a.e. ps, what the president says pharmacists, farmers and doctors with stethoscopes and tanks to go back and take these three major cities against a ruthless, blood-thirsty enemy? >> arming them, he think it was -- i think it was august 8. yet yesterday in his speech he said we're not going to get on the ground but we're going to try to form a coalition as it stood last night to get together and defeat this thing which i can't call radical islam. >> he said we're going to have a coalition, going to have a lot of partners. he would not name them. the key as people wake up, the key is to know the president of the united states there in the white house hast night vowed to destroy isis, which is what we want as opposed to last time what he talked about, managing. this is a step in the right direction. >> he was forceful, clear and precise. the question is will he bring it up again? the next speech can't be about minimum wage and equal pay. it's got to be about this. >> it should extend beyond p

. >> the first female pilot piloting for u.a.e. dropped bombs against i.s.i.s. monday night. >> would that be considered boobs on the ground? (audience reacts) >> jon: what was the quote someone said earlier in the program? these people are putting their lives on the hei on the line fow respect. so (bleep) you and all your false pat patriotism. when push took us to war, it was shouted down as treasonous. the president you don't like, no transgression no matter how immaterial or ridiculous is too small to cite as evidence that this president isn't as american as you are. a hot cup of dissidence, look at. >> this would president bush ever do that? >> surprised. we have a basketball-trash-talking leading-from-behind, i-got-no-strategy, osama bin laden-is-dead, commander-in-chief, how disrespectful was that? >> jon: while palin in a ball cap was feeding us literal epithet, he drinks chives so when he's in the back of a volvo it has codomin zing. would president bush ever salute with coffee in his hand? no, because his hands were too filled with dog, a scotty, out of

they run a simulation every year where the fighters from u.a.e. will dog fight with one another in a crazy video game. i said who wins. they said the bahrainies. the bahrainies have a perfect physical ability why to rest this. the f22 raptor would exceed that. we are reaching the situation where the pilots can withstand these forces. >>> the centers for disease control issued a warping about the ebola virus. a c.d.c. report says if efforts to combat ebola are not improved, there could be 1.4 million ebola cases in liberia. sierra leone, and the world health organisation says there could be 20,000 new cases by november. more than 2800 people are from ebola in west africa. we have more. >> doctor thomas freeland, head of the disease control and prevention in a telebriefing outlining the best and worst case scenario for the ebola spread. let me give you the positives. he said if the dead are buried safely and 70% are treated in isolation units, by january the spread could be almost over. now, let me give you the worst. this is a significant number. by

the u.a.e. is ready to help, eight other nations ready to contribute. are they going to provide checks? going to provide soldiers? >> not if we don't allow our military to get the job done. >> a troubling story. darrell issa, chairman of the house oversight committee, says they essentially caught the department of justice trying to coordinate with the democrats on the house oversight committee to coarve for the white house e-- to cover for the white house essentially. last wednesday a department of justice official called the republicans on the oversight committee. he meant to call the democrats. they called the republicans and said can we send over secret documents about the former i.r.s. guy now at the department of involved in the i.r.s. investigation? because they said we cannot release documents about him and talk about them until somebody else does. so what we would like to you do is we would like you to leak them to the press. didn't realize he was talking to the republican staff. how unbelievable is that? he meant to call the democrat side. >> wr

if the u.a.e. is want to be there, despite what ugliness is going on behind the scenes, if they want to front this war with us, take the money and run. take it. >> phillip mudd and christiane amanpour, thank you both very much. you can go to cnn.com to watch the whole interview with secretary of state john kerry. >> that's just one of the high profile interviews that we have here. christiane amanpour has been sitting down with leaders all over the place. her schedule is full after speaking with kerry and iraq's new prime minister in the coming d days she will interview emir from qatar. they will be seen on cnn. so many big interviews. she has her own website. >> she's christiane amanpour. >> the only person she doesn't have in the circle of influence is the president himself. that's to come i'm sure. but today president obama has a big agenda. he has to deliver a message to the world. the u.n. general assembly, it's just 36 hours after the first strikes in syria. has it made him stronger? will he be

the u.a.e. ther country, but you're seeing other countries follow. >> if the president can get powerful allies in key countries of the world to close in on isis, that will be leadership. >> no doubt about it. >> here with us now republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. also the ceo of the global poverty project hugh evans. they are here to talk about the water of the world act which is one of the best investments the country can make that won't cost anymore money. >> congressman, we have some problems. you look at water for the world, 2.5 billion people around the world don't have proper sanitation. 750 million people are relying on unsafe water sources. 300 million people miss school days because of water-related illnesses. 5,000 are killed daily. and you have 103 co-sponsors of the bill that changes that. how do you help the situation without spending tax dollars? >> we're trying to prioritize how those water resource dollars will be spent. right now i think too much of it of the mo

she's 35 years old, apparently had the dream of doing this since she was a teenager, fighting for the u.a.e. to have it be a female fighting isis here, what message will that send? >> this is one i stay out of. when i was a fighter pilot, i thought of myself as a pilot. i didn't think of myself as a woman pilot or anything else. i have to guess that a woman who's done this probably, she probably feels the same. she probably sees herself as a combat fighter pilot, period. >> how does the enemy see her? the enemy does not have that equal pay mantra when they're not chopping off heads. >> if i can get into the head of a person who serves with isis, i would be a crazy person, so i can't answer that question. >> we've seen so many photos that have been devastating as they come across instagram or twitter as they use social media as a way to recruit. when we saw this photo of the female pilot, the major here, it was inspiring to so many, as i think that you -- and this is what the message said. it says, hey, you were bombed by a woman. have a nice day. >> wouldn't we all love to have that t-shirt

they targeted fighters begonging to the islamic state of iraq and levant, saudi arabia, u.a.e., jordan and bahrain were involved. qatar is said to be providing support. pentagon forces say u.s. fighter jets started to hit targets on monday. most of the areas targeted are targeted near the iraqi border. fighters, checkpoints and weapon depots are under fire. it has been in i.s.i.l. hands, it was the capital until mosul fell in june. washington informed the u.n. envoy of the attack against the i.s.i.l. targets in rafah. this statement was released: john kirby went on to say: . >> let's go to our correspondent imran khan, joining us live from the iraqi capital baghdad now. imran, how will the u.s. air strikes in syria be received by the iraqi government? >> well, the official line is that they will be welcomed. the iraqies said in order to defeat i.s.i.l. in iraq you need to go after the safe haven in syria, and that is what exactly has happened. we haven't had an official reaction. it's unlikely we'll have an official reaction. iraqi military analysts and those in the security and defens