wednesday, egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi delivered his inaugural speech to the united nations general assembly meeting in new york. he applauded his nation for "revolting against corruption and despotism was goat and vowed that egypt under his rule would respect freedom of opinion and religion. >> from this podium, i first support the great people of egypt that made history twice over the past few years. first, when they revolted against corruption and despotism and claim the right to freedom, dignity, and social justice. then when they held onto their identity and enthused by patriotism, they rose up against exclusion, refusing jessica to tyranny of the factions, who, in the name of legend, but there interests before the interests of the people. egypt, as to build in state that represents its rights and freedoms, honors its duties,

united nations today, we can see it's a bit more transparency in our region and across the whole world i hope that all the leaders of the world who are going gatter in the united nations general assembly and many of them have representatives this year would be able to think and to find a solution to the global problems including stability and security. they have to do a serious and immediate thought. >> let me ask you about this point that you bring up. just how big a threat is isis? >> terrorism is a danger for the whole world under any name or any forum. it can be a threat to peace and stability. a threat to the usual life of the people and the big threat to development and today unfortunately in our region there are terrorist groups have been able to, you know, to change the life of the people that have created some problems for the people. millions of people have been displaced. the residents of the people. the trade venue of the people have been detroyed and the people towards their future and children are very worried about them. >> president obama says isis is neither islamic nor a state. the british prime minister says they are not muslims. they're monsters. are they correct i

this year, proclaimed by the united nations general assembly, as the international year of solidarity with the palestinian people, israel has chosen to make it a year of a new war of genocide, perpetrated against the palestinian people. in this year, in which this assembly, on behalf of the countries and the peoples of the world, conveyed the world's determination to realize a just peace that achieves freedom and independence for the palestinian people in their state of palestine alongside of israel. the occupying power has chosen to defy the entire world by launching it's war on gaza, by which it's gets and tanks destroyed the hopes and dreams of hundreds of thousands of palestinian children and women and men. i have addressed you, ladies and gentlemen, in this during similar days in 2012, and i caution that the colonial occupying power was preparing for a new -- against the palestinian people. i appeal to you, prevent a new -- establish support over the free and independent state of palestine now. i turn to this same hall two months later. as palestine was healing their wounds and h

with the iranians. >> reporter: president obama will travel here tuesday to address the united nations general assemblynumber of global crisis, the fight against isis at the top of the agenda the united states and france have been conducting airstrikes against isis in iraq. in new york, alphonso van marsh for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly three afghan soldiers missing from a military base in massachusetts were found today at a border crossing in niagara falls new york. they were training at a base in cape cod when they vanished saturday. officials speculate the men were trying to avoid going back to afghanistan. >>> having someone propose at a sporting event not necessarily an uncommon thing. >> it is a little different when you're a football player and you propose after an overtime win on national television. this happened yesterday after the seahawks beat the broncos. cornerback deshawn shead met his girlfriend jessica on the field and popped the question surrounded by family and friends. >> the big screen had your name on it. >> i know, i was actually surprised. they're playing our song. i was

his speech this morning here before the united nations general assembly follows another wave of u.s.-led air strikes on targets in syria and iraq. the president says the united states is working with other countries to stop the horrific acts carried out by isis. >> mothers, sisters, daughters have been subjected to rape as a weapon of war. innocent children have been gunned down. bodies have been dumped in mass graves. religious minorities have been starved to death. in the most horrific crimes imaginable, innocent human beings have been beheaded with videos of the atrocities being distributed to shock the consciences of the world. no god condones this terror. no grievance justifies these actions. there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. so the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. >> that network of death, strong words by the president. let's bring in jim sciutto. what's been the reaction so far, how did he do? >> this is a pre

as you can see, there's a lot happening at united nations general assembly right now. we're waiting to hear from netanyahu who is set to speak before the united nations general assembly this hour. he's expected to forcefully refute what he's calling lies from the palestinian leadership about israel's war with hamas. as you know, it lasted about 50 days this summer. we'll bring you that speech live when it begins. >> this is "outnumbered." here with us today is hashtag first timer, one lucky guy, senior correspondent charlie and he's outnumbered. >> and crazy for being here. >> what? >> someone said, are you lucky or crazy? >> sometimes i'm lucky. sometimes i'm crazy. just don't hit me. >> no, no, no. >> i promised not to say anything too crazy. >> this won't hurt. just hang on, charlie. the president is admitting the u.s. underestimated the rise of isis. >> how did they end up where they are in control of so much territory? was that a complete surprise to you? >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they undere

the united nations general assembly underway in new york.ttention will be focused on the world's most pressing problems from confronting isil to combatting the spread of ebola in west africa. dominic kane reports they are troubling this year. >> reporter: one yun meeting to which the world's leaders are always invited. but the number of crises facing this united nations general assembly is unprecedented. perhaps the most important, the threat posed by the islamic state of iraq in the lavant in control of swaths of land in syria and iraq. president obama will chair a meeting of the security council at the head of state level and will put a resolution on foreign fighters to the vote. then there is the breakdown in relations between russia and the west. in a gleer which the province of crimea was annexed and as tensions continue in the east, ukrainian president post two poroshenko will be in new york. >> but once again, the russian president, vladimir putin will not. the palestinian/israeli con conflict has plagued the u.n. since its inception.

she's the first world leader to address the new session of the united nations general assembly. the president of the united states will follow fairly soon. president obama will be introduced. he will then address the united nations general assembly. we're standing by r for live coverage of that. i want to bring in fareed sa carr ya. a lot of us were impressed. a lot of us were surprised that the united states, the obama administration did, in fact, put together a coalition including five sunni arab countries to not only express support, but military support. they got involved in striking these isis targets in syria. that certainly is going to put enormous pressure on the rest of the world and friends of the united states to at least voice support for what the u.s. is trying to achieve. >> it's very true, wolf. the most impressive part of what the administration has been able to do is to get these sunni arab states to commit themselves to publicly do it. frankly, i wouldn't mind seeing the united states leading a little bit from behind on this one, which is to say having the sunni

james bays, al jazeera, united nations. >> representatives from israel will be addressing the united nations general assemblyn monday. >>> afghanistan's new president will be sworn in monday. it comes after months of political uncertainty. taliban fighters have taken advantage of the distraction in the country. and in the ghasni province, dozens have within killed in the past week alone. >> they say this fight has been very brutal going on for a week now. the taliban have been launching attacks. they say the taliban has been burning down many of those homes, brutally murdering any of those civilians they feel acted against them. and trying to take over the district's headquarters and take control of the area. we understand the attack of four check points along the road. they say they've killed many police with improvised explosive devices planted in the road. the governor believes that afghan forces will prevail, but he's waiting for reinforcement, and it's difficult to get there. they are 200 miles from the capitol, but reinforcement has had trouble long those roads. we've seen this fighting in a very fight

. >> the 69th annual united nations general si semibelie get assembly -- >> as the united nations general assembly gets underway. john kerry met with britain's foreign minister to discuss about militants in syria and iraq. >> we're going to focus today on isil, where we have continuing efforts to organization the coalition and plan the road ahead. >> more than 40 nations are pledging support in the fight against the militants. the obama administration wants to see countries that border syria, like turkey, play a bigger role as the crisis escalates. turkish forces used smoke grenades to keep kurds from crossing into syria where they could help fellow kurds fight isis militants. signed on to support the coalition, but washington says iran's participation will be extremely limited. >> the united states will not coordinate any of our military activities with the iranians. the united states will not be involved in sharing intelligence with the iranians. >> president obama will travel here tuesday to address the united nations general assembly on a number of global crisis. the fight against isi

he is here for the united nations general assembly.n algerian-based group released a video showing the execution of a french tourist. the group claims solidarity with the islamic state in iraq and syria. they are called dash. france joined air strikes in iraq on friday, but has not yet participated in syria. i am pleased to have laurent back at this table. me, and so many people around the world, extend our sympathy for the loss. >> it is a terrible day because he was not only assassinated but beheaded. it was terrible cruelty. these people, that we call dash. >> or isil, the term for islamic state, as you object to the term islamic state. >> they say that they represent islam but it is not true. >> no islamic leader that i know says that they represent islam. >> they want to have a bloody fight. we are defending freedom, and these people we cannot accept the way they have behaved. it is an attack not only on france but on all of us. >> what does france do with respect to the united states and the other countries that are participating

a very, very strong statement there at the united nations general assembly. strong statement basically equating isis and hamas, going after the united nations itself saying israel's ready to engage in the peace process but very strong words against the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas for suggesting the other day in new york that israel was engaged in genocide against the palestinians. jim sciutto is here, erin miller, peace process negotiator for the state department is here as well. jim, i want to play a little clip. the prime minister saying that israel has a problem with hamas and gaza but they are basically the same thing. listen to this. >> to protect the peace and security of the world, we must remove this cancer before it's too late. last week, many of the countries represented here rightly applauded president obama for leading the effort to confront isis. and yet weeks before some of these same countries, the same countries that now support confronting isis, opposed israel for confronting hamas. they evidently don't understand that isis a

the president is getting ready to address the united nations general assembly wednesday morning. be a critical part of his address. our correspondent is here with me over at the united nations. he's got a number of challenges on his agenda. >> that's right, wolf, and isis will dominate the agenda. the president will be making his remarks at the united nations general assembly and wednesday hosting all of the world leaders on a summit of stopping the flow of foreign fighters. but ebola really taking up another big issue here. the united nations ramping up its involvement. the obama administration prepared to ramp up its involvement and i think the obama administration wants to el gate this, get the whole world rallying around what the world health organization and the cdc here in the u.s. call a real global threat. and then there's climate change, kind of exploded this year. you have this u.n. climate summit. a lot of leaders addressing that. but you saw on sunday hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating on the streets against their leaders who they say are not doing enough t

he's still in new york city tying up traffic for the united nations general assembly. >> we have a fox news alert for you now. just hours from now president obama will be addressing the united nations general assembly making his pitch to shore up support in the fight against isis. david lee miller is live at the u.n. good morning to you, david. what's on schedule today? what are the expectations? >> reporter: there's a great deal on the president's plate today and expectations are reasonably high. one of the things the president is going to do later today is he is going to chair the u.n. security council. president obama is the first ever u.s. president to do so, and it is expected that he is going to ask the security council to pass a binding resolution calling for all countries to stop both the recruitment and the transport of isis fighters. yesterday the president met with a number of arab coalition partners to thank them for their role in the ongoing fight against isis and international terrorism. listen. >> it is a wonderful opportunity for me to welcome these leaders, friends, pa

president obama spoke before dozens of his fellow world leaders at the united nations general assembly about isis, about ebola, about iran, about ukraine, climate change and what america can do that other nations can't or simply won't. the war against isis which calls itself the islamic state and which the white house calls isil continued overnight with coalition air strikes in eastern syria, just across the iraqi border. and also four more of these strikes inside iraq itself. u.s. central command says vehicles, weapons, and jihadi fighting positions were all part of the targets and were all hit. the u.n. never authorized those attacks, nor in the case of syria did the government invite them. i know that sounds strange but it's important. in his speech today, mr. obama could say and did say the united states isn't taking any international law into its own hands, but instead it has partners, it has a plan. and more than that, it has a vision. >> for america, the choice is clear. we choose hope over fear. we see the future not as something out of our control but as something we can shape

i'm wolf blitzer reporting from the united nations general assembly here in new york city. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with world leaders facing huge amounts of world problems. presidents and prime ministers are gathering for the 69th annual general assembly. there is a new terror threat to a major health crisis to the environment and a whole lot more. president obama will call on countries to join the terror group isis. the president and other world leaders will discuss the ebola crisis, strategies to slow the spread of the disease. and ban ki-moon will hold a meeting on climate change. these are going to be huge topics of discussions at the united nations. our cnn correspondent richard roth says the sideline conversations, often referred to in his words, speed dating diplomacy. >>> let's begin with our top story right now, the war against isis. several countries are sprorespog to the terror group isis. both countries have launched air strikes against isis in iraq. joining us now, the former british prime minister tony

the united nations. >> also at the u.n. general assembly the iranian president himself. he speaks on the sidelines of the general assembly and took the opportunity to say that time is running out for negotiating a long-term deal on its country nuclear rather program. >> wellality no time like that over the last few days have i seen such seriousness in regards to solving this situation. meaning i have been involved in negotiations for the last 12 years with the west, with european numbers, and p5+1. there have been serious words and words alone can't solve problems. we must also show courage and the necessary action and flexibility. if we can do this we will reach our objectives. >> well, the spanish government has vowed to stop the region of catalonia from going ahead on a vote of independence. cat loan icatalonia has signed a decree that calls for a ref ledge. but the national government of madrid said that any vote would be illegal. >> in the democracy one has to resolve the challenges that lie ahead. no one can be scared by others expressing their opinions by casting

president obama is scheduled to address the united nations general assembly on wednesday and the battle against isis is expected to be among the topics of his address. still ahead. suspicious meatballs discovered in santa rosa-- similar to those found in san francisco. what police are saying about the case. plus -- luxury cars stolen from several bay area dealerships. how the thieves got into the vehicles. next coming up the giants and the dodgers. the playoff implications are of next. three high- end bay area car dealerships in san jose, santa clara and belmont. all hit by organzied thieves. making off with more 20 - luxury vehicles over the past week. tonight -- we have surveillance video from one of the dealerships burglarized. kron 4's charles clifford shows us how they worked... this is video from one of the dealerships that was stolen from. after looking around he kicks in the blast of the front door. you can see the door and the bottom right-hand corner of fall to the floor. he casually walks on in and is joined by two other people as they search near the offices. moments later t

as you can see, there's a lot happening at united nations general assembly right now. iting to hear from netanyahu who is set to speak before the united nations general assembly this hour. he's expected to forcefully refute what he's calling lies from the palestinian leadership about israel's war with hamas. as you know, it lasted about 50 days this summer. we'll bring you that speech live when it begins.

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the united nations general assembly begins its annual meeting this week in new york city. and we talk to a series of heads of state and government leaders. we begin this evening with recep tayyip erdogan, the president of turkey. >> whatever is required in this effort, needs to be done. and turkey will do whatever it needs to do based on its own experience. and we have been sending out warnings for a long time. in syria we had sounded that alarm a long time ago. but whereas the u.s. and syria, as i said at the nato summit, the issue is not only iraq, it's iraq an syria. and so it's important to take the two together. >> the president of turkey for the hour next. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: additional funding provided by: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> from our studios in new york city, this is captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the united nation general assembly brings many heads of state to new york. we begin a se

listen to what president obama said about the group just before heading here to the united nations general assembly strikes to disrupt plotting against the united states

jazeera america. >>> talks to curb iran's nuclear programme are on the agenda at the united nations general assembly session happening this week in new york city. secretary of state john kerry met with iran's foreign minister on sunday. the state department saying they talked about ways to move tauges on iran's -- talks on iran's nuclear programme forward and confront the threat posed by i.s.i.l. jim walsh, a research associate at the m.i.t. securities project. good to see you, thank you for your time. >> good to see you, sir. >> we have a couple of things to dive in on. how closer the united states and mediators to getting a deal with iran on its nuclear programme? >> they are very, very close, and far away. there has been a laundry list of issues. different aspects of iran's programme, and they made good progress on a lot of hard topics. the air act, the underground facility. inspection, monitoring. all of that is better than expected in some regard. the nub, the thing that remains is the size and shape of the enrichment programme is going forward. that is where there is a gulf, and that's the mor

he said leaders from the japan and european union plan to present it to the united nations general assembly. >>> a court in china has sentenced a well-known uyghur academic to life in prison for separatism. chinese police detained him in january at his home in beijing. authorities accused him of harming national security and social stability. they say he collaborated with uyghur separatists outside china and advocated independence for the region. but he denied he was involved in secessionist activities, or organizing a separatist group. the court ordered confiscation of all his possessions. a lawyer said he shouted his objection to the sentence when he was led out of the courtroom. the lawyer says he will appeal. he's a longtime advocate of uyghur rights. but he opposes uyghur independence. the united states and other countries see the case as an attempt by china to stifle dissent. they've asked the chinese government to release him. >>> researchers in japan are turning to twitter to help save lives. they're using tweets to find early warning signs of a disaster. and seeing the benefit of w

today top leaders will take on the issue during the united nations general assembly. marley hall has the latest from new york city. >> secretary of state john kerry meets with more world leaders in new york today as the u.s. works to build an international coalition to tackle isis in iraq and syria. yesterday secretary kerry said down with iran's foreign minister. the u.s. is trying to get more countries in the region to sign on. the u.s. is conducting airstrikes in iraq. u.s. ambassador to the united nations, samantha powers says other nations will help in syria. >> we will not do the airstrikes alone. >> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, army general martin dempsey maintains defeating isis hinges on getting support from arab nations. president obama will lead a meeting here at the un this week focusing on the terror threat. and interview on 60 minutes last night a former member of president obama's administration says the president is partly to blame for not arming syrian rebels sooner. >> i think i would have helped. i think in part, we paid a price for not do

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comes a day before the president addresses the united nations general assembly. he's trying to build an international coalition of support. >> he is. it's interesting, the timing here, we're sitting in front of the united nations. this is a peacemaking body and yet the u.s. along with these allies has gone to war again. the u.s. now at war with three countries in the region including of course iraq and afghanistan. but what administration officials say is that the timing of these strikes beginning last night were not connected at all to the u.n. general assembly. they say only two factors matter to them. one, do their commanders say they have the targets ready and the intelligence they needed? and two, were those arab partners ready to strike alongside the u.s.? once they had those criteria, they would go, whenever it was. >> separate u.s. strike against this al qaeda offshoot in eastern syria, that was because they suspected something was imminent. >> absolutely. you and i, we've been talking so much in recent days and weeks about isis, how imminent a threat is i

the iranians. >> reporter: president obama will travel here on tuesday to address the united nations general assembly on a number of global crisis, the fight against isis at the top of the agenda. the united states, and france have been conducting air strikes against isis in iraq. alfonso van marsh, cbs news, new york. >>> well, thousands of activist took to the streets in new york city toy protest, climate change... this smaller group of activist trying to shut down the new york stock exchange. they were hoping to highlight relationship between global warming and big business. organizers were expecting arrests since protesters did not obtain a permit march. government meteorologists say 2014 is on track to be our hottest year on record. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued in connection with the disappearance of a university of virginia student hanna graham. police say jesse matthew entered a charlottesville police station saturday and asked for an attorney only to jump in the vehicle after an hour of questioning and flee. the officers charge him ultimately with reckless endangerment. graham's pare

ukraine's prime minister has urged the united nations general assembly not to lift sanctions of russia until his country regains complete control over his territory. he said russian forces are still operating there. there is no danger of sanctions being lifted, is there? >> there has been a ceasefire agreed to, but there is fighting on the ground and sanctions still in place. the worry that poroshenko has is that the international community eyes will turn from arraign looking at isis and forgetting that the situation hasn't improved on the ground in ukraine. >> it's a shaky ceasefire. until the country regains control over its entire country. >> including crimea. >> we still have even if russian troops move away from ukraine, we still had a speech yesterday from putin saying he plans to have 80 additional war ships in the black sea by 2020. there's pressure from russia to maintain a stronghold on crimea. >> we have poroshenko want to go apply for e.u. membership within the next six years. is that a tad optimistic? >> he's trying to get a foot hold with the west and european union. with

court and the united nations general assembly. the law allowance argentina to shift payment of its creditors to new york where the bonds were issued to buenos aires or a third country, avoiding the jurisdiction of the u.s. court that ruled against them. some here say not paying debts is a bad idea. >> the people in argentina need finance by argentinians and foreigners. in order for that to be forthcoming we need to respect contracts. >> reporter: the hedge funds are fighting for payments on the bonds bought and refuse to restructure. some,including president kirchner's government feel paying the immoral hedge funds takes money from those that need it the most, making it a human rights issue. >> in order to pay or to comply, there is some things impossible with the ruling. definitely the funds, the money to may that will impact the social policies. >> that's when argentina took the case to the united nations general assembly which on tuesday voted to adopt a multinatural legal framework for sovereign debt restructurings, backed by

general assembly. presidenternoon, the will meet with the president of the united nations general assembly. fterwards, the president will attend a luncheon hosted by u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. the president will attend a meeting of the open government partnership. the president and first lady will also spend the night in new york city on wednesday. on thursday morning, the president will deliver remarks at united nations meeting on the a bola epidemic. in the afternoon, they will return to the white house. on thursday, the president will deliver remarks at the global security health summit at the white house -- that is on friday. willturday, the president deliver remarks at the phoenix award dinner in washington dc. further on this evening, the president and members of his family will be traveling to camp david where they will spend the weekend. i hope you all have a great weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> a look at some of the political ads being broadcast in arkansas. of the for a live debat

so the united nations general assembly met for the first time in 1945. session this week. so we'll see if there are any memorable moments. we do know, as you said, they're talking about isis, ukraine, middle east. but a big focus this year is going to be on education. >> last year there was the question would be there a moment that president obama will speak with the new president of iran. there was not that photo op for the phone spak but there was a phone call since the late '70s. there are many opportunities. >> so we know news will be made in one form or another. we look forward to seeing the pictures about the huge climate change march. that will be fascinating. i think photograph opportunity, people dressing up, doing all kinds of things. and new york is one busy place this morning. >> yes. >> all right. thank you so much. >> thank you, nadia. >> blame it on his roots. you don't know the words, do you? he showed up in boots. >> i know. i mean i didn't know you were going there. i don't know the words. let's admit it. i don't know the words. i don't

assembly meeting in new york. this is the emir of qatar. >> in the name of god, the compassionate and the merciful, your excellency. president of the united nations, secretary general of u.n. ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to begin by congratulating on the election of the 69th session of the assembly of the united nations. we wish him success in his mission. i would like also like to thank his excellency, mr. john ash for the efforts he made during his presidency, and i would like to thank his excellency mr. ban ki-moon secretary general of the united nations in his efforts to promote in the united nations. this comes at a time with the latest development on the international arena affect the security of humanity at large for the united nations to assume it's role in international peace and security. it must activate mechanisms under the united nations and explore all the means to avoid conflict and settle through peaceful means. international peace and security will not be achieved without the principle of equality and compliance to international law, the implementation of the resolution of international legitimacy and respect for human rights and human r

in about three hour's time, another meeting, not just the general assembly, but another meeting, the security council meeting of the united nationss going to be so important. >> apart from that united nations security council meeting -- and i believe a resolution is expected to come out of that -- what else is going to happen at the general assembly today? >> reporter: well, there's going to be other speeches that we need to look at. we need to look at some the arab partners of the u.s. who are going to actually be speaking. the amir of qatar, the king of jordan are on the agenda, as are some of the western allies, the president of france and the prime minister of the u.k. and the meeting will not happen with 15 ambassadors around the table. around the table will be world leaders, and it just happens that the rotating presidency of the security council is held by the u.s., so the president of the security council calling the meeting to order today will be the president of the united states, president obama. that resolution, i think is going to be fine in the sense that we believe there's a consensus about isil and foreign fighter

they'll be attending the 69th session of the united nation's general assembly to discuss the world's pressing issues from wars in syria and iraq to outbreaks of the ebola virus. japan's ambassador to the u u.n. sat down with nhk's u.n. correspondent to talk about the country's contributions. >> city of conflict in the middle east and africa are causing an unprecedented level of humanitarian crisis. the u.n. warns that the number of people in need of aid have shot up to more than 100 million. am he stresses that japan should be able to play a bigger role in peace keeping operations. >> here in the united nations, the world's expectation that s that japan should participate more to the u.n. operations. we are hoping that the new japanese policy will enable us to participate nor wildly in the peace keeping operation. >> last year, he said he would pursue his contribution to peace. based on the contribution, the government has been drafting legislature that would enable japan to contribute more to peace and stability of national security. another area japan can make more of a contributio

he will speak at the united nations general assembly in new york today. and international security and terrorism. he will meet with the iraqi prime minister and other world leaders as well. he is saying this mission against isis is not something quick and easy. the first waves of air strikes are only the beginning. the conflict could last several years. the defense department released a i new video showing the attack. defense leaders say they will continue to make bombing runs in syria as needed. they are targeting al qaeda linked terrorists in that country. >>> police believe a body found was a former d.c. treasurer. lasana mack serv. jack evans was very, very sad to hear the news. he was 51 years old. >>> it appears whooping cough outbreak is growing. new numbers in the "washington post" say there have been 29 cases the first week of school. 24 involve school staff at elementary, middle or high schools. there is a vaccine, so you can avoid this by making sure all shots are up to date. >>> we could learn whether plans for a new eisenhower memorial will m

japanese prime minister abe spoke at the united nations general assembly in new york. he promised his country will continue fighting the ebola virus and countering threats from the islamic militant group. >> he spoke on thursday morning at the general assembly hall. his main message was that japan is ready to make a stronger commitment to the world's fight against global threats. >> mr. president -- japan -- it's best possible effort in the fight against the ebola virus disease. international communities should come together and address this crisis that affects the paes and security of africa. japan regards that activities of isil, which extends at those national borders and has declared -- establishment of so-called state to the serious threat to international order. what is important now is preventing extremists taking root while also responding swiftly to this regions humanitarian crisis. to assist in this regard, japan will implement $15 million to emergency assistance right away. >> another important issue for abe is reforming the security council. he stressed the

he's in new york for the united nation general assembly.n wednesday an algerian-based jihadi group released a video showing the execution of a french tourist. the group claimed solidarity with the islamic state in iraq and syria, also called dash. now by people including the foreign minister. france joined the united states air strikes against isis in iraq last friday. it is not yet participated in strikes against the group in syria. i'm pleased to have laurent fabius back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: let me, as so many people around the world and certainly the united nations, extend our own sympathy for the loss of this french citizen. >> it's a terrible day because, you know, he has been not only assassinated but beheaded. it was a terrible cruelty. and these people, of dash-- . >> rose: is a term for the islamic state because you object to using islamic state. >> yes, because they want to be a state but they are not. and they say that they represent islam, but it's not true. >> rose: no islamic leader i know says that t