this is the uae. we know that the uae also forms part of this coalition of the willing. we also know in the past couple weeks that the australians have flown their jets in here and their military personnel, with an intent, one, it seems to get involved in the theater. so i put this to you. what about the uae. how do you expect this country to be involved? >> well, the uae has a world class air force. they're trained by a lot of westerners, a lot of british pilots. their special operations are handled by western operations. but they've got top brand new f-16 aircraft. they've shown the ability to operate these at a distance both in leb yeah and now in the strikes against isis. they're the single biggest logistical supporter of the u.s. navy and other allied navies through nato, through abu dhabi and other ports there in the united arab emirates. so i think the first factor they bring is more intelligence in the seam way that the saudi arabians do. they bring logistical support in terms of their airfields and some top shelf aircraft. the american war machine is spread pret

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well, as far as the uae is concerned, it has some previous form. it was operational in 2011 over libya, for example, and it's been operational in extending its reach, for example, field hospitals in the past. we are trying to gather more information as to just how the uae would be involved. but let's have a look firstly of a map of what we know to date. the u.s. effort to build an international coalition to fight isis at present. nearly 40 nations have signed on to provide humanitarian, military and other assistance for the iraqis. and if we have a look at this map, you've got those highlighted in yellow. the coalition including european allies you've got there as well as asian-pacific countries including australia. we've got more information on that now, japan and south korea and a number of other arab nations including saudi, qatar, kuwait and jordan. let me just go through some of what i think is important here. the saudis have already said on record that they'd be involved in training and providing military assistance to what they call these sy

what about the uae?, i think the uae is part of a coalition and the uae believes that a lot of the political legwork that can be done on the ground will bring us good alternatives here to cover whatever expected vacuum there is. >> we should expect this to be a long war, not a few days, a few weeks, or a few months, maybe years. >> well, we're in it for the long haul. i think we're in it, committed, and i think it's too early now to really put a real assessment of how long we are looking at. but definitely we need to do the job right. >> minister, thanks very much for joining us. welcome to new york, to the united states. >> thank you. >> the minister of state for foreign affairs of the united arab emirates. thanks very much. coming up, the wife of a british hostage held by isis receives a recording of him pleading for his life. i'll ask phillip hammond about that and why britain is not taking part in the syria air strikes. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." ♪ want to change the world? create

perhaps unsurprisingly, the saudis and uae, where i am, in abu dhabi, capital of the uae. great allies of the u.s. also, qatar, at odds with saudi and the uae of late over the promotion and hosting of, of political islam which the countries here find incredibly dangerous. then you have got, bahrain in this region. the fifth placer in all of this, self announced as it were, jordan. let's get more on jordan's role in this operation. what we know the u.s. will be flying out of the persian gulf and out of the red sea. specifically what are these arab nations doing in the air and possibly going forward on the ground. this is what i learned from the jordanian state minister who i spoke to just amomenmoments ago mohamed al-mahmi. >> the airplanes actually have come back and have conducted air strikes against positions of the terrorist organization isis. and they're back. and we are confirming that we will not hesitate to take any further action in order to target and to destroy the positions of this terrorist organization. in light of continuous attempts to infiltrate into our bo

saudi and uae forces taking most of the work and conducting most of those air strikes, damage assessmentstill under way at this hour but the pentagon says it has initial indications that these air strikes were successful. >> these are oil refineries, as i said modular oil refineries that account for roughly on average $2 million a day of revenue for isil so they're an important revenue stream for these guys. they are in a remote part of eastern syria so we know that we were not -- there wasn't a big risk of causing any collateral damage or civilian casualties. these are oil refiners and i will tell you one thick we focussed on was the infrastructure around the refineries again, their communications equipment and the methods of control over the business that we were trying to get at. >> the latest air strikes come as britain prepares to go after isis in iraq. >> that's right, david cameron told the u.n. general assembly he's now reconvening lawmakers later this week to get their approval on those iraqi air strikes. that vote is expected to pass but there are some limitations, like i said,

i was in the uae for a while.ficials will be very careful to confirm or deny exactly what they did and how they helped in this latest campaign. >> yeah, they will be, and we're keeping an eye on the ministry of foreign affairs site. when they are prepared to talk, they will talk. look, it's mid morning here. this has all been ongoing overnight. the more we can get, the more we can pick apart what is going on. we've been speaking to the jordanians, as you've been alluding to. they sate their aircraft are back from active strikes over syria. they say they will continue this activity until isis is destroyed. so five arab nations involved in this activity, confirming their planes have been out and are back and are safe. but will continue this activity going forward. the important thing to work out here is what's been hit and who's hitting it? we know that these strikes are concentrated on raqqa, where we know isis are head quartered for all intents and purposes. that's on the syrian side of what they would call the is

the air forces of the uae is very sophisticated. qatar also participated in some of the air activity over libya, so they have capabilities and experience. bahrain also. but one of the critical elements here is intelligence, knowing what to go after and how to get the background on those things is really important. so i think we'll have to wait and see. >> reporter: and generally in terms of the operations, is it a simple matter of the united states getting that information, sorting it out, and essentially saying to the saw saudis, and the uae, here is your target list? is it that simple? >> it is not simple at all when you are dealing with coalitions, particularly ones you are not used to operating with. so if they were joint air strikes, it would have required a significant amount of planning. but once you get the pieces together and get it sorted out, the individual pilots ought to be pretty skilled at what they do, but the planning is typically very complex. >> there was some confusion last night and contrarian reporting about wh

it is the uae as you point out here. saudi, bahrain, qatar and jordan.e of those have we been able to confirm actually participated which flew their own fighter jets over syria and without losing pilots or planes. we have been told by the jordanian minister that they have flown in and come back. you have to consider why. why is it that these other sunni majority countries in the gulf would enter the fray and go out against a group fighting in the name of sunni islam? i think you come to two real areas here. firstly, this entire region is mindful of the problem that is isis to date. they are also mindful of the other extremist violence. not just the rise of political islam. they are cross with qatar down the road for hosting the muslim brotherhood as they see the rise of political islam. i have been talking to my colleagues about this. i cannot stand this up yet. you have the likes of saudi, which could be going forward, bahrain, the uae. many of these gulf countries, there have been out and out funders of groups in syria. i cannot draw complete lines str

that, of course, includes uae.eral notable nations, not yet involved, though, in these strikes. turkey didn't participate, but its prime minister says the country will do what it can to fight the militant group. turkey is being directly impacted by the spread of isis, taking thousands and thousands of syrian refugees, freeing the violence. egypt receives considerable military aid from the united states but wasn't up with of the partners in the strikes. sunni extremism is a major concern for shiite majority iran. but its long standing sour relationship with the u.s. and its allies syria makes a military partnership pretty difficult. prime minister david cameron says he supports the air strikes in syria, though his country didn't participate. isis already executed one british hostage and has threatened to do the same to another. france already conducting air strike against isis in iraq. its foreign minister says the president has no plans to do the same in syria. those flights close to here in uae. >> a wife of a hos

sunni-led countries including the uae. we have had the most detailed public statement from the uae.e, ready to join a coordinated international response. this from the uae ambassador to washington. the islamic state may be the most obvious and dominant threat at present, but it is far from the only one. and i think that's really interesting here. the uae has its focus on helping to nail this scourge that is isis, but also looking backwards, as it were. a rift here in the gulf about how to deal with the rise of political islam out of the muslim brotherhood in egypt, for example, and in libya. >> well, the uae has been very forceful in its view that this is a moderate liberal country, a heart of liberalism in a region at the moment. uae ambassador to washington was pointing out is this is not something that will stay in syria or iraq. it will reach every one of the gcc countries. and the time to confront it is now when there's this coalition, not later when it reaches our shores. >> what do you expect physically so far from their support is con certained. there will likely be some mil

a lot of tension between uae and saudis on one side. qatar was one of the initial funders of several of the militant groups that then morphed and became metastasized into isil or isis, if you will. there's been a lot of tension between the saudis, the sunni monarchies and qatar which they feel has supported hamas, supported the muslim brotherhood and supported isis. >> there are reports that turkey started sealing its border earlier today. so they may -- must have very well been aware of something was coming. >> oh, absolutely. there have been meetings with erdogan and kerry. kerry was on this diplomatic coalition building mission which was a shadow, you would say, of what jim baker was able to do for bush 41. but he was certainly in jeddah and the rest of the region getting saudi support, getting king abdullah to be supportive of president obama because of a lack of trust, frankly, between this saudi regime and the obama administration. they feel he let them down in the past. but that was a very big part of putting together the coaliti

. >> australia is deploying up to ten aircraft to the uae to join the fight against isis in responseo a u.s. request to contribute to an international coalition. becky anderson is live for us in abu dhabi with more on that and regional reaction to the threat from isis, becky, hello. >> reporter: yeah, and it's unclear at present exactly where these azerbaijan assets will be deployed too. further information on what is happening just coming in to us in the past hour. you heard the prime minister of australia speaking just before you came to me. and this is the story. there's no decision as of yet on actually deploying these assets from the uae but the very fact that they are flying them in to this region shows the intent to deploy if, indeed, that is the case. no australian boots on the ground. that is clear but let me take you through, natalie what, we do believe will be incoming to the uae with the intent of deploying a destruction force, eight super hornet aircraft, one early running and run refueling aircraft. 400 military personnel to secure personnel deployment and 200 military

i'm here in the uae. at least three of these arab partners involve td in kinetic action, ie dropping bombs. we're doing our work on the ground to find out exactly who is involved and how. we certainly know jordan is involved in an intelligence basis. it has military bases which are military being used by the australians for the intense yiif getting them involved in the theater of war. you've got bahrain, qatar, jordan, saudi arabia. it does appear that qatar is involved, how? we're doing our work on that to find out. certainly qatar's been involved in the past in flying sorties, for example, over libya in 2011. we're trying to get ahold of one of the spokes men for the jordanians. and as we get more on that we will bring it to you. but as things stand today live in the gulf, it is now past 9:00 in the morning. people waking up in the united arab emirates and around this region to the news that u.s. air strikes have started over syria and that there are arab partners involved in what is this coalition of t

support from bahrain, saudi, qatar, and the uae.ctures of the aftermath of one of those strikes. this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you need a permit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (aaron) purrrfect. (vo) meee-ow, business pro. meee-ow. go national. go like a pro. for building a crossover.d script... we decided... ♪ it needed a major rewrite. ♪ stray the course. the agile all-new audi q3. unexpected luxury starts at 32,500. ♪ >>> hello. you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." i'm lucy hockings. our top stories, the campaign to degrade and destroy islamic state. president obama delivers on his promise and launches strikes on i.s. targets in syria. 14 early morning coordinated strikes launched from the gulf. five arab allies now joining the fight. the in

i said, it's great about uae.ly begging us to come over this time. it's a little better than what happened in 2003. but where is egypt? he says they'll be onboard. where is saudi arabia? maybe they'll be onboard. where are the other countries? could it be that we're moving because we are being deliberate towards a scenario when bush 41 assembled an extraordinary group of countries, including syria, to fight against saddam hussein. >> if you recall back then, jim bakker spent months and months building that coalition of the willing, and it was extraordinary. you had syrian fighters going against saddam hussein, but it was a different situation then, and i think it's going to be a much heavier lift because some of these very countries like saudi arabia feel that the president should have moved a year ago labor day when he didn't. >> but a country like saudi arabia has the most to lose with a group like isis spreading across the middle east. so will we see the saudis publicly come out and be supportive of this? >> yo

so interesting to see that uae was out with its planes and the statement we got from uae in the past 24 hours is this was the first of their strikes, suggesting that there are more to come. and as we get more information on that, of course we will bring it to you. the other non-gulf arab nation but other nation involved in this pan-arab coalition, as it were, were the jordanians. now, it was very early on yesterday that i got to speak to one of the ministers of state there, who confirmed to us here on cnn that it wasn't just intelligence gathering they were providing in support but airplanes as well had been up in the air. at that point they had run their sorties and they were back. and this is what he had to say yesterday. >> this is going to be an ongoing operation, through which we will pre-empt any attempts to try to cross our borders and infiltrate our borders and to make sure that our borders are secure and safe. and this is the high interest of the jordanian states, toe ensure the security and stability of our borders and our soil. >> reporter: so rosemary, you asked me as wel

andrea mitchell reporting saudi arabia, bahrain, uae, jordan. what are the kind of stresses that develop in alliances like this? >> caller: the stresses that you're talking about are going to exist from the very beginning. you mentioned turkey. turkey has been obstructionist in all this for quite some time. turkey has been a conduit for the oil that isis has been selling in order to fund a lot of its operations. turkey has also, the source of a fairly substantial number of recruits for isis. and turkey has had some fairly tough talks with the united states in recent times. so it is a, it's a pleasant surprise to hear that turkey is talking about, perhaps, participating, but i don't think we should expect much from turkey or from qatar either. the other states we're talking about are actually very, very scared that isis is as big a problem as it is, and wants anybody's assistance. that includes jordan and the other gulf states. but it will be interesting to see what we get out of turkey. and whether or not turkey and/or qatar can actually become

andrea mitchell reporting saudi arabia, bahrain, uae, jordan. what are the kind of stresses that develop in alliances like this? >> caller: the stresses that you're talking about are going to exist from the very beginning. you mentioned turkey. turkey has been obstructionist in all this for quite some time. turkey has been a conduit for the oil that isis has been selling in order to fund a lot of its operations. turkey has also, the source of a fairly substantial number of recruits for isis. and turkey has had some fairly tough talks with the united states in recent times. so it is a, it's a pleasant surprise to hear that turkey is talking about, perhaps, participating, but i don't think we should expect much from turkey or from qatar either. the other states we're talking about are actually very, very scared that isis is as big a problem as it is, and wants anybody's assistance. that includes jordan and the other gulf states. but it will be interesting to see what we get out of turkey. and whether or not turkey and/or qatar can actually become

the uae confirmed their air force was involved in the strikes.ink general scales who was on earlier made a good point about the arab coalition involved saying now the campaign has an arab face. but the question is now how long will these arab allies stay on and stay with the united states in this fight and will other arab countries join in and jump in? you have the airstrikes. intelligence gathering. jordan has been involved in that. and you have the training of the syrian rebels, the free syrian army and those fighting isis. saudi arabia has been training syria rebels that have been battling the government for several years. that has been happening for years. of course, one country that has been absent has been turkey. and this is a big deal because turkey number one has a very strong military. it has bases that possibly fighter jets could go from. and also another aspect to this is that turkey is taking on hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. that is a big question mark of will turkey get involved along with the other 40 arab nations part

we just heard that from the ambassador, from the uae. what do you make of that?re women playing in this? when we are also getting video showing women who are joined isis, also helping on that side? >> we see women on all sides of this conflict. and secretary kerry actually met with female syrian civil society leaders yesterday in new york. and the question, really, is where do we think this all ends. women have been fighting -- i guess now we see on all sides of this. for a more peaceful future on the civil society side. and they have really been against the assad regime from the start. we had the he lebanese educatio minister in new york talking about the overwhelming number of syrian refugees. more than half of them are women and children. he was talking about girls being sold on the streets to syrian fighters and saying the world needs to pay attention. the world is finding money to pay for bombing campaigns but not to pay for educating children. i think we are going to see the consequences of an undereducated refugee generation if the world does not step up a

and news from the united arab emirates, uae, about one of its pilots, a woman led the uae air strikesday night. observers point out that's interesting given isis track record of roping and raping and torturing and murdering women. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. tell us about the uae pilot, a woman dropping bombs. >> shepard, her name is major mariam mansouri. this is the face of the arab coalition pilots who are dropping bombs on isis targets inside syria. she is the first female fighter pilot in the united arab emirates. she flies an f-16 and uae team leader. called lady liberty. major mansouri was the first female pilot in the air force. she has wanted to be a pilot since she was a teenager. in some arab countries women cannot drive. this is going to send a powerful message to isis as they continue to distort islam. >> more air strikes today. what are we learning about the details of those? >> u.s. officials tell us that there were more strikes today. the u.s. led them. but also jordanen fighter pilots we've learned joined another round of theses u.s.-led air strikes

if these government jumped on board the uae, qatar, and jordan which tend to keep a lou erlowe profile when it comes to international relations. >> and the response from syria at this point, as we have been told from state department officials the syrian regime was notified that the coalition was going to take direct action but permission was not sought. what reaction are you hearing there? z>> well, i think that is -- by the syrian government on the lead up to this thing. any unauthorized action inside syria will be considered an aggress against syria. and in the tend happened -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you. i need to take our audience to the pentagon briefing that started. >> isil and the khorasan group. the decision to conduct the striebs was made yesterday by the u.s. central command under authorization granted by the commander in chief. the strikes were taken as part of the president's comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultim e ultimateultimat ultimateultimate destroy isil. the coalition partners in the fight against isil in these strikes included jordan, uae, bahrain, and sa

and we welcome and commend the statement of the uae yesterday. and we expect to secure other such commitments. and the reason we're confident about that is because isil poses a threat, first and foremost to our partners in the region. and what we're seeing is for really the first time, this threat forming a common goal and galvanizing our partners. and i am confident that we can build on the coalition that we've already seen take some steps in terms of arming and assisting the iraqi security forces and the peshmerga and in assisting in humanitarian aid in iraq and in syria. and so i'm confident that we will see more such statements. >> one of the reasons why the president has been cautious in his approach wanting to see the plans before he moves is the lessons of saddam hussein, lessons of what happens if you go after assad and don't have the right rebel -- mix of rebel groups. and look what happened in libya. we had only the last couple of days militia groups taking over one of the american residents there in tripoli, swan diving into the swimmi

this is the uae sixth coalition with the united states.are the only arab country to be in that position. so, i don't think it is a question of which, or which arab countries will step up. we will. but you can do this without us and we can do it without you. >> love it. >> always great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you for coming and being such a good guest, i'm going to leave you with ricearoni the san francisco treat and liverpool mug. >> i could get arrested if i take this back home. >> yousef, great it see you. >>> his most persuasive speech ever or full of contradictions? the critics weigh in here on "morning joe." i thought it was great, what did you think? >> i thought it was great. >>> from the latte salute to the white house fence jumper. the late-night comics have plenty of material. >> we have samantha power coming up. ♪hey! i found a happy space... after-school snacking should be fun and nutritious that's why whole grain is first in every general mills big g cereal. what matters most should always come first. general m

-- bahrain the uae and qatar are involved in some ways in these strikes, what does it mean where you are that they are involved? >> yes, i think obviously, these nations have quite sophisticated weaponry. some of them have fa-16s and they can add to the air strike but in the end the u.s. doesn't really need them in the air. it can conduct them without it. the point is a symbolic point. they know that they need to be reaching out to those on the ground here to say this isn't a u.s. air strike on syria and on iraq. this is a broad coalition air strike. with all the different nations that signed up to this broad coalition there are forms various different levels of commitment but we are -- we have arab sunni nations involved in these air strikes and that really works from the ground. because when it comes to fighting, what we obviously used to call quite a long time ago hearts and minds on the ground, the message being the message that secretary of state kerry said this is a warped ideology of islam. this is not about islam a pure religion. this is about trying to use islam in a way of

saudi arabia, bahrain, jordan, uae, and qatar were also involved in the attack. it's not clear what role they played. jordan is nervous about the isil advancement. >> there has been several attempts to infiltrate across our borders. we are striking the positions of isis, because we think we should do whatever is necessary to strengthen, enhance, and solidify the stability of our borders and country. >> reporter: the u.s. says there is a wide regional and western coalition behind its strikes. it is not clear whether the result of these strikes will be. but many people are uncertain that aerial campaigns alone can't defeat isil. >>> well activists say civilians were killed during the air strikes around aleppo. the u.s. military says there were at least 8 strikes in that area, targeting the al-qaeda linked group khorasan. >> reporter: there is anger in western aleppo, syrians are blaming the u.s. military for the death of civilians. activists say the u.s. was responsible for hitting this residential building which is not far from a known headquarters of an al-qaeda

the uae is ready to join.g to confront a threat. so are they going to use their planes or write their checks? we'll see. >> meanwhile, charles krauthammer has this to say about the confusing messages that we're sending out at this point. >> the uae is not afraid to say islamic extremism. the president is. he calls it extremism. in fact, earlier in the show you showed the counterterrorism, our top guy called olson, and he said that the isis now is looking to outpace al-qaeda as the leader of the global extremist movement. he can not bring himself to say islamic. for god's sake, isis calls itself the islamic state and yes, we are so politically correct, we don't want to use the word islamic lest it be a slur on a great religion. >> but it's right there. meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry is trying to go ahead and poll the audience, see how many of the world's communities can help us out. he reached out to australia, the united arab emritz, italy, qatar, israel and figuring out which countries could possibl

the uae has confirmed its first woman fighter pilot took part in u.s. coalition air strikes against isis targets in iraq and syria. captain mariam mansouri told cnn she wanted to be a fighter pilot after high school but had to wait ten years to get the training. becky anderson caught up with the fighter pilot who started flying in 2006. >> we have to prepare every citizen in this country to be ready to defend uae. everybody is responsible for defending their country, male or female. when the time will come everybody will jump in. nobody will hesitate to defend their country. >> mansouri says she had to prove herself and see women entering more fields once only open to men. iran's president says terrorism is not a regional issue, it's a global one and more on hassan rouhani's speech to the united nations and also next, a hidden camera on the streets of raqqah as we see what life is really like in the isis capital city. [ male announcer ] some come here to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build somethin

the uae is in the lead among the muslim countries.e united states is in the lead in the overall coalition, as you might imagine. joining me now bret baier, anchor of special report live in the d.c. bureau. >> remember the president went to central command in tampa. we're told then he was presented a specific battle plan, that is essentially the blueprint for what we're seeing tonight. you mentioned the key part is the coalition and the five arab nations, uae, saudi arabia, jordan, qatar and bahrain, that is a big deal. that will be touted by this white house. because as you know they've been trying to put an arab face on this coalition for some time. there's still questions about boots on the ground and all of that. but this is a mission that is being flown with fighter jets from those countries. expect the president to make a bigÑrkk statement about that tomorrow and likely meet with those countries in new york as he heads to the united nations. these strikes as you talked about with colonel north are very specific. they've been plan

that's the uae with that statement. it's not a statement from the white house. >> and that's very shocking and that happened just moments ago. thank you for bringing that up to date with us. we'll see you tonight 6:00 p.m. eastern time "special report." >>> now to developments in the fight against isis in iraq as they make progress. >> reporter: gretchen, the forces were able to regain control of the key town that was looming on a major humanitarian crisis. now, the town is callamerli. it runs south to north so potentially cuts off isis' route to baghdad. more than 17,000 people there were facing famine, thirst and disease. kurdish and iraqi military forces along with iranian backed shiite militia fought a two-month battle against isis for control of the town and they had help from u.s. air strikes in pushing isis out and pushing isis back. but isis continues the mass executions. we've been talking a lot about this. the group human rights watch said today that isis militants executed as many as 770 iraqi soldiers that w

what's necessary right now is that the gulf states come in, the saudis, the uae, now is the time, frankly, for them to not only open up the checkbook but to send the message throughout the region that this has to be on the ground a campaign in which, you know, we see 190,000 soldiers in the kurdish army. >> the peshmerga? >> the peshmerga. and we see the awakening, the sunni awakening that helped defeat al qaeda. they've offered to help on training and equipment and so forth but they want to see it happen quickly and i think speed is of the essence. >> the ground troops that we're talking about are iraqi troops. the peshmerga, kurdish fighters and moderate syrian rebels. those are the ground troops -- of the 40 coalition partners, including the arab neighbors, have any of them committed to ground forces to fight isis? >> not one has committed to ground forces at this time. >> why is that? >> i think part of it has to do with trepidation about getting involved in that rt part of the wor world. i think they are willing to help put up payments for it and willing to train and some will have i

the uae is ready to joint international community in an urgent, coordinated and sustained effort that will, if unchecked, have global ramifications of decades to come this. comes in the context of another brutal murder by isis terrorists. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge reports on what we're learning from the images that have horrific act >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel said the military objective is clear. >> to degrade and destroy the capability of isil, to come after u.s. interests all over the world and our allies. >> reporter: and hagel seemed to further conflict with the president when he says there has been a strategy with air strikes in syria under consideration. >> the president has asked for different options and we've prepared them. >> reporter: based on analysis of the excuse videos and obvious details such as facial hair journalist steven sotloff and james follow were murdered on different days. >> we've already determined that the videos were not shot at the same time with the video of mr. sotloff being filmed after the foley video. >> repo

the uae, in a statement or op-ed written by the ambassador to washington just a couple days ago, this ahead of obama's statement, said, ready to join the a coordinated international response. the islamic state may be the most obvious threat, but it is far from the only one. when i alluded to complexities in this region, as john kerry tries to build this coalition of the regional willing, i'm not underscoring what is going on here. this is a tough one. these sunni governments want to see the end of isis. but again, saudi arabia, in a position where it doesn't want to undermine its position as leader of the sunni arab world. these are, after all, those fighting for isil or isis are sunni muslims. >> back to you. >> thank you very much, becky. people very careful to step on each other's toes while they want to defeat this threat. go ahead and head in inside with your guest. >>> coming up, more on president obama's man to take down isis. how is all this being perceived in moscow? we'll take you there after this. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energ

a senior gulf diplomat tells nbc news other gulf nations, saudi arabia, the uae, jordan, bahrain andr president obama's address to the nation outlining a strategy against isis. >> i've made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. that means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> joining me now by phone, colonel jack jacobs and here in studio, a terrorism analyst. let me start with you. the enemy gets a vote, as they always say. what do we expect to see from isis which is now, particularly against the dramatic backdrop of the u.n. general assembly tomorrow, the president going, this is now a kind of global war. it's expanded past being a regional war. it's not just a regional war. it's a global war. it's kind of isis versus the world. >> indeed. as a matter of fact, the official spokesman of isis just over 24 hours ago, maybe in anticipation of attacks on their hide-outs in syria, he specifically reached o

very unusual for the uae to be that far out front. i think they are representing a number of other arab governments on the peninsula there. and i think what they are begging for at this point is american leadership. >> you have got david cammeron who has got rather strong language as well. what is sort of interesting is tomorrow going into the nato conference that everyone thought that it would be all ukraine. there could be a lot of isis discussion because, you know, this does have broad ramifications. >> i think the europeans are are extraordinarily concerned about the hundreds, maybe thousands of people fighting with isis right now who have pass pordz to come back into their countries and perhaps obama hasn't figured out that we're similarly at risk. but the europeans see it very very acute maybe that will help wake him up but i doubt it. >> the man who worked isis fighter, american, who worked for 10 years the a minneapolis airport fueling planes and cleaning plans planes with a security clearance and the fbi didn't know about him

. >> united states, france, germany, all criticizeing uae. your thoughts? >> it happens that most of western liberal democracy in this case are wrong. because event and uae and saudi arabia and jordan they have been threatened by the gee hatists who are fighting on the ground, jordan has border with saudi arabia and isis, they know what they are doing. we should stay, it is wrong to strike against the milesisha. >> did you dr. walid farris. >> thank you. >> chocking self. in -- shocking development in irs can stkal, loi scandal, lois e-mails are not disappeared after all. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanc safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to am

isis vehicles and a fighting position near the northern city of irbil, saudi arabia, jordy enand the uae took part. only hours after it was approved, royal air force fighter jets flew in. >> they gathered indell jens, did not carry out any attacks against isis militants. to london for more and karl penhaul is at number 10 downing street. no other strikes by the british but we're told they've gathered invaluable intelligence. what was that intelligence that was so invaluable? >> reporter: well, so far, john, the minister of defense hasn't given us any clear details of what that intelligence may have been, in fact, military chiefs here in britain are saying they will not give a running commentary on those aerial operations over iraq, but certainly if you look at what those planes actually did beyond flying overhead they didn't fire a single shot even though they were armed with missiles and laser-guided bombs and that the ministry of defense said it was because they couldn't find any worthwhile targets hitting. now, yes, it is true that britain's parliament authorized britain's planes to t

. >> united states, france, germany, all criticizeing uae. your thoughts? >> it happens that most of western liberal democracy in this case are wrong. because event and uae and saudi arabia and jordan they have been threatened by the gee hatists who are fighting on the ground, jordan has border with saudi arabia and isis, they know what they are doing. we should stay, it is wrong to strike against the milesisha. >> did you dr. walid farris. >> thank you. >> chocking self. in -- shocking development in irs can stkal, loi scandal, lois e-mails are not disappeared after all. lou: mexicoy president on a two day visit to california, he was welcome with open arms by governor brown, in a speech, the president criticized u.s., ands states that cracked down on illegal immigration, spoke ofed need for immigration reform in the united states, nieto did not mention one sarge i sergeant anw tahmorressi. wono one asked him, the afghan r veteran has been locked in a mexican jail for 141 days without a mention from presidet obama or president nieto. >> according to a watch

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the fact in this arab coalition you have saudi arabia, the uae, jordan and qatar as well as bahrain,atar being the other nation along with turkey that has been not only reticent to help in this coalition, but some were suggesting that were funding some of these terrorists. and there have been some concerns about that funding going on. we know that qatar obviously had been funding hamas during the hamas/israel fighting. so i think the fact qatar is even listed in these five nations is significant. >> bret baier, thanks. i want to show our viewers some of what's coming in now from the region. we're getting some tweets on the news deck. these are all confirmed to be from this region. the air strikes, five or six, concentrated near the governor norate building, isis main headquarters, meanwhile sounds of warplanes can be heard clearly. huge explosion shook the city in what might be the beginning of u.s. air strikes on isis headquarters in raqqa and indeed they were. also, talibad on the turkish border. bombed according to activist there's. that is a border city. it is very, very close to

let me precise which one, saudi arabia, the uae leading the air force, bahrain and jordan.his is the core. obviously qatar has a different situation which we can't discuss. but these four counts now are at war with isis and alongside with us. now, remember a few weeks ago there was a question about the uae air force bombing a jihadi position in libya. so this has been in preparation. these four countries are going all the way. they know that isis and al qaeda are eyeing them. the two questions are about one qatar and one about turkey. let me say, shep, about turkey. we will really know if turkey is shifting towards being part of this campaign not if it allows u.s. air force to use their bases, but if it uses its own air force, the turkish air force which is equipped wonderfully by american jets to participate in the bombing in syria. >> well, that remains to be seen. turkey's not yet joined this coalition, if you will. interesting qatar here, walid. we speak around it because we're not on the ground to know for certain. but the following we do know, qatar has repeatedly neg

. >> michael, the ambassador from the uae has an op ed in the "wall street journal" today. they are ready to take the fight, france has said it will join air strikes in iraq. so the beginnings of a coalition. what are we going to see? the saudis will offer money. >> the saudis will offer money as they very well often do. the uae will offer money, also military support. >> they have some air power. >> jordan will provide critical intelligence support. >> and right now, kerry is having dinner. >> you need the sunni nations in the region to support, and you'd like to have western nations that can also provide real help on the intelligence and military front. >> what about turkey? >> i think turkey is still on the edge. i think turkey will get dragged into this whether they like it or not. turkey is a clear conduit. they will try to get better on their border. i think militarily in the long run, turkey's going to have to be involved one way or another. >> thanks so much. and yes, final thought? >> well, final thought and michael brings up an important point that if you even loo

we know that the uae in conjunction with egypt has been flying strikes against islamist rebel forces in libya so they have engaged but to have the other air forces joining in is a key aspect, i applaud the president for that. we need to know we have their sustained commitment and also i'd like to see them be a part of a ground commitment. as far as qatar i'm still suspect about qatar because the head of hamas resides in qatar. they have providing ample financial resources support to isis and other islamic terrorist groups, although we do have al eudid airbase outside of doha. >> do you think we should have taken action earlier? >> well, absolutely. i think that this has been a cancer that has me ttasthesized back in january when they crossed into al an bar province, isis was 1,5 thoun 2,000 fighters. now they've grown to cia estimates 31,500 and we've got to cut off their ability to recruit and the flow of these fighters coming in probably from turkey. that's an important part. i think now the two major strategic imperatives is to deny this enemy any type of sanctuary and to interdic

so the uae and the uk are closer to the flame. they have to take extra precaution, but the fire is going to spread and it will take a group effort to put it out. our president is only trying to contain the fire. he is putting a little water on there. if we don't attack it at the source then we will all burn. >> that's poetic. >> the president when he is thinking about doing things like that -- i just want to point out how proud she looks. >> that was a pageant answer for terrorism. you would have used ms. usa for that. >> i'm sorry. go ahead, buck. you are way more knowledgeable. >> here is my theory on this before i move on. i mentioned this in a number of ways. isis is not that different in craziness from anybody that came from before. there has always been beheadings. >> the saudi government. >> as a message to others. >> things in this country are legal and acceptable. >> it is like an america when we have somebody that wears a sign that says i shoplifted from k-mart, that's their beheading. this is a message to everybody. wou

women in the uae can drive, that's the real joke, they can grave and i can't.i don't even have a driver's license, i can't even park. it's disgusting. by the way major al mentori encouraged me to go to the dmv next weeks. i hate driving in new york. >> i'm going take the subway if you're driving. >>> earlier today, this is something i haven't done for a while. i asked twitter for some one more thing ideas. this one you won't be surprised to learn that a dog won my heart. check this out, this was going to be be greg's crime corner, but now it's mine, a little puppy gets put into the cage to be safe and quiet and probably is a puppy that might have wee-wee problems. but look at the german shepard, a jailbreak of great proportions, so they can go and have a nice little cuddle together. >> they gave him four years. >> nice jailbreak, we love it. >> very quick. >> hwhatever, let's move right on. cashing in tomorrow morning, 3,000 troops to go into africa to fight ebola, a billion dollars, but we debate whether or not those resources could have been better used on ou

the uae ministry conferms that the air force launched the strikes last evening and the operation was conducted in coordination with other forces with the international effort against isil. a lot of challenges from a wary international community and potentially from a hostile congress back home. the anchor of "hardball." i appreciate it. have you seen a coalition and do you think he will be able to build that in new york? >> we can't fight this war alone, but as it's happening, further air strikes are expected. the first time i can remember where arab countries decided to go out and kill as a country. the israelis kill terrorists and they have to kill them. these countries between countries, what's going on for the first time ever, you actually see the arab air forces which would provide them and pay for them and provide them jets and certainly all the other kinds of fighters and bombers and missiles. they are going to use it against isis. this is a big development. i can't think of a time where they said we would go to war with the terrorists. they are total low in bet with hezbollah

the uae can speak for themselves.that secretary kerry has been traveling all over the middle east and europe. next week he'll go to the united nations and really putting every effort towards pulling countries together so they can contribute in any way they can. that will be different for everyone towards this fight. >> i think the uae is ready. the question is saudi arabia, qatar. i suspect they're not necessarily ready. is that what you're hearing? >> we're having the conversation about what each country can do. there's a lot these countryks do in terms of cutting off funding, cutting off foreign fighters. really, a lot they can do to fight the ideology of isil, standing up saying these people do not represent islam. >> we'll see what they do in those meetings next week at the united nations. marie, thanks for coming in. >> absolutely. >>> still ahead, the search for clues in a gruesome new isis video. what sets this one apart? and ray rice is expected to appeal his suspension. will he return to the nfl? [ female ann

the uae, where i am here, abu dhabi, the capital of the uae, this country is already hosting australian jets. we know that from about last week. jordan. that's an interesting country. that can provide an awful lot of intelligence. it's also one of the countries that is right in the firing line. the spillover from refugees, from iraq and from syria. and potential hits from isis. so an incredibly important country to be involved in this coalition of the willing. and then you've got bahrain. so those are who you would expect to be involved. those are u.s. allies in the past and those you would expect to be involved in any moves going forward. then there's qatar. let's remember qatar. in this region part of the gcc. but there's been a real rift between the likes of the uae and saudi of late and qatar. qatar have been hosting the muslim brotherhood, political islam. that's something here in this region others are very, very frightened of. so they've sort of been left out in the cold to a certain extent to do things themselves where what we are hearing, we're not sure whether they're actually