think obama will get support when he comes to wales? air forcees to get on one to leave wales, what does he want to walk away with? spearhead0 strong troop? a commitment from nato? what does he want us to mark -- what does he want? he was to send the message to the world that nato is a viable force. cameron willma and be pushing for more military spending by nato members. we have already seen a ramping the eastern and european states. it is a question of whether other countries are willing to follow suit. >> there is this almost ismongering perception, that one of the phrases used by the ukrainians. nato wants a spearhead him a ukrainian prime minister says, get ready for a full-scale invasion. merkel seems ready for more sanctions. when you talk to your client about the risks, where are we on the risk? you, one is the least and 10 is the most explosive, where are we on that scale? risk, you talk to clients every day about how to understand risk. in a are continuing to be high risk. on a scale of 1-10, we are up to seven or eight. russi

president obama is pro-worker and america is in a better place for it. meanwhile, i think the president should be going to all of these states where the governors have failed, for instance, wisconsin, great start, mr. president. scott walker is an anti-union and of course wisconsin is worse off because of it. walker has passed sweeping anti-union legislation attacking public sector up ons. on monday president obama called out walker on backwards agenda. >> after all of the unions have done to build and protect working americans, i know it's frustrating when people have the gal to blame you for the problems facing working americans. i know you have some experience with that around here. >> walker is against raising the minimum wage and refused to set up a state exchange or expand medicaid under obama care. his radical agenda shows in the job performance. look at the numbers, from december of 2010 to december of 2013, wisconsin ranked 35th nationally in private sector job growth. every state bordering wisconsin has a higher job rate than the badger state.

this is obama's war. he has to convince the american public that his decision not to arm the syrian rebels when his military advisers urged him to a year ago was the right decision, whether or not his decision to hold off on bombing the assad regime was a good idea and whether pulling troops out of iraq was a good idea. history will judge whether or not this war which he is now launching is going to work and whether he can build a coalition domestically and internationally for this sustained mission. >> to nia's point the president and the pentagon deserves credit for pulling together the coalition quickly. the saudis maybe not doing anything, but part of the bombing campaign. in the short term he has to a degree you heard scott brown in the open say where is the clarity. he has muted the republican criticism. they say he was late to the game, should have been involved in syria earlier but he's essentially doing what they want to do as well. >> that rolls the ball forward because they want to argue about

but the biggest news at this hour, president obama has -- the white house said that president obama will announce that eric holder, the u.s. attorney general, the fourth longest serving attorney general in the department's history, is going to resign. and that announcement is coming this afternoon. he's the first african-american attorney general, the longest serving member of president obama's cabinet. for more on this, randall pinkston joins us. >> reporter: yeah, this is a surprise for those of course who are not on the on the inside, but as you know, at the end of a first term of a president's office, there are changes in the guard, if you will, members of the cabinet in the private sector, and eric holder was among those who stayed on. and we had no idea this was going to happen. he has been in the office for six years, and he has been a long time prosecutor. at one point serving as a prosecutor in the district of columbia, and eric holder is from new york, and he was not a close friend of the president's, but of course they became very close in the course of their work together. he

obama's approval sinks on tuesday, one day before president obama's speech outlining the u.s. fight against isis. the president's approval rating was at 42%. one day after his isis speech, according to gallup, his approval rating sank to 41%. his disapproval rating went to 54% after the speech. question, according to nielsen, 32 million viewers saw the speech. why did obama's approval ratings drop in the gallup tracking? too hawkish? too doveish? >> he's lost so much credibility of americans in terms of foreign policy. i don't think we've lived with anybody with that kind of record of failure as far as the american public sees it. so i think they are very nervous about what he's going to be leading the country into. and frankly, the more he goes in one direction, a lot of other americans are going to go in a different direction. >> americans hate isis, john, but they are really skeptical of plunging into another war in the middle east, i can tell you and they are going to get more so. obama was bounced into this thing by two videos. he called it syria, somebody else's civil wa

obama boasted that the economy is improving on his watch. but the august jobs report released today shows otherwise. today's job report is the worst of this year and it shows a record number of americans no longer in the labor force. and the lowest total so far this year. while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, 53 million of the people who are working do so on a freelance basis. that is one third of the total workforce. former clinton adviser doug schoen on this topic tonight. and also what happened in benghazi on september 112 years ago? the story straight from the men in the middle of the firefight that night in benghazi. brugger joins us with details of this exclusive interview with three of the men who survived. and at this hour, president obama returning to the from the nato summit in wales or one point it was considered by many to be weak and ineffective sections for the cease-fire reached today. >> the only reason that we are seeing the cease-fire at this moment is because of the sanctions that have already been applied and the t

whatever comes next on the obama agenda, whatever team obama asks of senator shaheen, there is an absolute 99% chance that she'll vote? and i don vote yes. i don't know about you but i do not like those odds. if we're ever going to hold this president accountable we have to hold this senator accountable as well and this chance will not come again. so let's take it right now and turn this country around! >> all right. on the other side of things, senator shaheen also head a rally last night to kick off her campaign in one of the races that will determine which party controls the senate. taking brown to tsk fask for mo from the state of massachusetts i. didn't ju . >> i didn't just move here. [ cheers and applause ] i've been here, trying to make a difference for new hampshire. [ applause ] but no matter where scott brown lives, he's going to put scott brown first. not you. not your family, and not new hampshire. >> in new york, democratic governor andrew cuomo survived a primary challenge from the left. he had more than 60% of vote, but his opponent received a better than 34%. and in massac

c1 >>> obama escalates on isis. >> tonight i want to speak to you about what the united states will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isis. >> in a rare prime time address, president barack obama told the nation about his goals for dee feeding the islamic state. the president announced that in addition to the on going talk about airstrikes against isis in iraq, the u.s. will now likely begin bombing islamic state strong holds in syria. i have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists in our country wherever they are. i will not hesitate to take action in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will findno safe haven. >> america will also take steps to cut off funding for the islamic states which range from foreign revenues to donations. he discussed the formation of an international coalition to fight isis. >> this is not our fight alone. american power can make a differs but we cannot do for iraqis what they can do for themselves. that is why i have insisted additio

why what did you think of president obama's interview last night? >> i thought it was a blend of reasonable assertions and sleuth nonsense. >> all right. well let's start with the nonsense. >> i somehow thought you would. [ laughter ] >> all right. you are the nonsense thrower. go ahead. >> well, the thing that was most striking, of course, and which has made a lot of headlines today his effort to blame the intelligence community and its leader jim clapper for the failure to foresee the strength of isis in iraq. and the problem be with that is, even if we assume and it's not a correct assumption that there had been no intention to speak of on isis, back in february, isis had crossed the border from syria and captured fallujah and ramirez, -- ramadi, major iraqi. military action in the past so their capacities were unmistakable. that was back in ebb. if so the idea that along comes late summer and isis is sweeping across other parts of iraq and we miss the whole thing is absurd. >> well, it seems to me that president obama was saying, look, my intel

it's not like obama is the only one in the toilet essentially. and i think that the president bears the brunt of the general mood and sentiment toward the entire administration. he's the figure head, like the ceo has to go with a company isn't performing well. people feel that way about the president. so i think that yeah, it's going to bring them down a little, but that doesn't necessarily mean we can't start the process of actually focusing on things that the american people want to talk about and focus on, which is bipartisanship and compromise. we spend all this time looking at polls -- go ahead. >> if i could just interject there for one second. the problem the american people have is that obama has not talked to anybody. he has been isolated. he has not dealt with congress. and now it's about working together. well, it would be great, but the president of the united states is not engaging congress at all and he hasn't for a number of years. >> tammy, i've got to leave it there. i'm hitting a break. jessica, thanks to you both. and we will b

the billion -- repeal of obama care. they are expected to spend millions, mostly though the dark money organizations. they pioneered the use of billionaire caucuses. closed door seminars to raise cash from donors. past attendees include sheldon aidel son, spending $100 million in the 2012 presidential election and committed $10 million this year to karl rove's crossroads g.p.s. nonprofit. these meetings known to raise as much as $50 million a pop. the democrats have taken on their own hush, hush affairs to rake in money. launched in 2005, the democracy alliance ams to: it's helped steer $500 million to liberal groups. attendees include billionaire financier george soro, and tom steyr, a heg funder, who has personally donated $26 million, and runs his own political nonprofit next gen climate. steyr focussed on defeating republican candidates in season state who question manmade climate change. >> billionaires thick tom steyr who hosted reed and others at his san francisco mansion. >> no matter who fakes control of condepr

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i think he's seen as obama's guy and people don't like obama. >> or his policies. there is a difference. i have a lot of problems with his policies. no, no, no. i think there is legitimate ways to go and political ways. but it is legitimate and there are people on the far right going back to the charge of muslim and is he born and health care leading us to damnations and that leads black people to be hilo sensitive why is there such harsh criticism directed at the president and attorney general. >> i seem to remember george bush and john ashcroft had pressure. it had nothing to do with race. >> there is a relationship why eric holder is the lost popular of the administration and nothing to do with race. it is his policies and if going to do with race, he is pushing the race in the face of americans and calling them racial cowards and to deflect criticism. and to energize the political base. he constantly uses race in ferguson and a texas courtroom challenging voter id. he uses race to mobilize the race. >> christian, i think what you have is a situation in the coun

obama claims that it will work. but few people believe him when he talks about a broad coalition when he fights the network of death that is the islamic state. but the american people don't have to be geopolitical savants to count all the latest six. it may make a half dozen, but it's only 3% of the nations in the world, and it is by any definition not a broad coalition of any kind. twenty-two arab nations and members of nato, six doesn't get it. the united states and five arab nations carried out strikes in syria is not a broad coalition and the reason folks don't believe president obama when he talked like that is that he simply is not believable and he has a lousy track record of standing with allies that we have had for decades, let alone newly minted ones. here is an example of how the president treats allies before today's u.n. general assembly. >> we cannot abandon the hard work of teeth and that is something worth reflection within israel. because let's be clear, the status quo in west bank and gaza is not s

, yo vi tu entrevista con obama. ¿dirÍas que fuiste duro con Él? >> despuÉs te cuento. >> ¿por quÉ? ¿por quÉ fuiste duro con él? >> creo que lo fui, fui duro, porque obama prometiÓ algo sobre inmigraciÓn y no lo cumpliÓ. >> yo soy duro con Él ahora porque Él estÁ haciendo un desastre. >> sÍ, tÚ crÍticas a obama, pero no criticaste igual al presidente bush. >> sÍ lo hice. >> yo vi la entrevista con bush, fue dÉbil. >> ¿quiÉn? >> tÚ disfrutas a bush: "¿dÓnde estÁn las armas de destrucciÓn masiva?", Él te dice: "no lo sé", y tÚ se lo dejaste pasar. >> lo dejÉ en el sentido de que ella quedaba claro que Él y su gobierno no habÍan librado una guerra efectiva en irak. >> no lo trataste igual, no trataste a bush de la misma manera que a obama. >> nuevamente, es tu opiniÓn, yo soy duro con todos. >> eso no es ni justo ni equilibrado. sÍ quieres ser justo y equilibrado tendrÍas que haber sido tan fuerte con los republicanos como lo eres contra los demÓcratas. no lo fuiste. >> si bajo el pr

obama needs allison grimes. kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> here is the weirdest ad of the day, and it's called "angry dan." >> dan malloy is angry. his failed policies are hurting kentucky. why is he taking it out on others? false attacks on tom foley. dan malloy's arrogance and aggression hurts people. tom foley has a plan to fix connecticut. >> such a strange ad all around. >> alan west is sporting a new tattoo. he had the guy on the left tattoo the phrase come and take them. a phrase used by gun rights activists and some members of the tee party. >> the only greek i know is, my butt smells. but i wouldn't put that on are a tattoo. they could put something that means anything. >> it could mean anything. >> we look at other headlines across the u.s. >> reporter: a south carolina man will be charged with the murder of his five children. timothy jones killed them and dumped their bodies wrapped in trash bags. jones was stopped at a traffic checkpoint. the police noticed bleach, blood and children's clothes in

i think it's more he's scene as obama's guy and he didn't like obama. >> didn't like obama or obama's policy. i don't have any problems with about obama, but i got a lot of problems with his policies. >> i think there's legitimate ways to go about this criticism, but i think it's legitimate political criticism. but there are people especially on the far right, you go back to the whole argument of is he muslim. is health care going to leede us to damnation? that's a bit much. and it leads people, especially black people to bhaily sensitive. why is there stuff harsh criticism directed at this president and this attorney general. >> was there harsh criticism i seem to remember against george bush and john ashcroft, maybe i'm missing something there. >> there is a reason why eric holder is the least popular member of the administration. about 20% approval, and it has absolutely nothing to do with race, it has to do with his policies. if anything it has to do with race, he's pushing race in the face of americans, he's calling them racial cowards, he's the one that's using race, as juan sai

here is president obama today addressing the americanly stkpwropb convention in charlotte, for obama warned terrorists who target this country, and our interests abroad of america's military might. >> as commander in chief, security of the american people is my high of priority with brutal terrorist group in iraq. i have thundershowered our diplomat -- i have authorizeed our military and advisors who are there. america does not forget our reach is long. we are patience, justice will be done, we have proved time and again we'll do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. go afternoon those who harm americans. we'll continue to take direct act where needed to protect our people. and to defend our homeland. lou: badge has been -- the obama administration has been subject of strong cretis criticism for g position on u.s. military and response to threat. defense secretary hagel called islamic state a imminent threat last week. while joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey, called for action in syria. dempsey walked those statement back sunday and yesterday. dempsey has dec

president obama seems caught in a contradiction for tax. when he isn't cntradicting himself, the facts are. mr. obama boasted that the economy i improving on his watch. but the august jobs report leased today shows otherwise. today's job report is the worst of this year and it shows a record number of americans no longer in the labor force. and the lowest total so far this year. while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, 53 million of the people who are working do so ona freelance basis. that is one third of the total workforce. former clinton adviser doug schoen o this topic tonight. and also what happened in benghazi on september 112 years ago? the story straighfrom the men in the middle of the firefight that night in benghazi. brugger joins us with details of this exclusive interview with three of the men who survived. and at this hour, president obama returning to the from the nato summit in wales or one point it was considered by many to be weak and ineffective sections r the cease-fire reached today. >> the only reason that we are s

president obama knows it. so he is imploring the world to unite against the islamic killers. >> in this century, we have faced a more lethal and ideological brand of terrorist who have perverted one of the world's great religions with access to technology that allows small groups to do great harm. they have embraced a night mariucci visn -- mariucciish division dividing the world into infidels killing as many americans as possible. >> you would think that fact alone would mobilize to all pitch in and directly attack terrorism. many of them don't. countries like germany, spain, japan, india do little to combat the jihad. sure, they will give us intel if they have it but you don't see leadership from much of the world. talking points has been pleasantly surprised by france. paris understands the danger and is helping out. great britain, canada, australia always help. but that pretty much ends the list of major contributors. president obama is making a big play to get muslim nations on board against the jihadists

president obama ran as a quasi realist. but he's governed on peace and understanding and collaboration which is good, but it's evening he orients around. kissinger is saying we need a dose of realism. when we get smacked like that's and the president is called out by name. there is a part of henry kiss even ever who will always be sergeant kissinger who earned a bronze star in world war ii for tracking down the guess tap oh. down -- track down the gestapo. the kind of the signals the world needs to be done, that what's we should have already done. martha: it's response that can only come from a presidential decision in that moment top respond and that's what mr. kissinger was saying. >> the fundamental public statements have ema sighted more what we should not do than what we can achieve. and they have implied at a withdrawal of airma today from certain -- a withdrawal of america from certain regions is beneficial to these regions. martha: he's say we pulled out of these areas and he believes america needs to play a role in

obama explain he wanting to enter a war that will align the u.s. with a government of the bar -- bashar al-asad in syria. troubling too is obama administration's seeming eagerness now to order our military in to war whether the ipresident and national media have guts to call it what it is or not it is war, in so doing advance not defeat hegemonic ambitions of iran. i hope that mr. obama's speech will include his pledge, and seek a national consensus, and congressional approval before sending our men and women in uniform into another conflict, i hope. and i pray. we're coming right back. lou: shocking new video, sends an nfl star to the sidelines, his wife comes to his defense. >> mental health expert dr. jeana loud en on domestic abuse jeana loud en on domestic abuse and the case of hard it can be...how ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled... ...copd maintenance treatment... ...that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe

obama does not want to wage war. he wants to punt, to deflect the attack of americans on to the international community. >> we know that if we are joined by the international community we can continue to shrink isil's sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem. and the question is going to be making sure we have got the right strategy but also making sure that we have got the international will to do it. >> that statement is irresponsible. the president was elected to protect america and americans. the international community has nothing to do with that. now, if mr. obama can can rally the civilized world to help us, great. but you don't refuse to take protective action because places like italy and india won't join in. it is long past time for all americans to demand that their president protect them. it's that simple. teddy roosevelt's basic philosophy was speak softly and carry a big stick. with the obama administration we basicall

in some ways, president obama president obama is drawing a line and set being a limit on how much he will do. he did that with the new iraqi prime minister. abadi. >> we cannot do this for you, we can be a strong partner and fully committed to your success. we wish you god speed and we are grateful for your willingness to take on this leadership mantle at such a critical time. >> let's talk about the latest from iraq. let's go to the ground there. cnn's ben wedeman is there. good morning, ben. >> reporter: good morning, john. we are near the village of hasan shin. this is where the kurdish forces and islamic state. this is where the u.s. did take on a role taking out isis vehicles during the battle. we are just at a spot about five miles from the isis positions which are just up the road. what is interesting is right behind me, this is a checkpoint on the edge of a bridge and at the bottom is written the islamic state. they were here just nine days ago. if we pan over to the left, you can see a critical bridge. this is the main road to the city occupied by isis. when isis forces took

not obama. guess who else is figuring out that's probably the right message for the mid term, some democrats. literally pushing away. shaheen,wñ pushing away from president obama. >> i don't expect to see president obama in new orleans. put it that way. >> or the tightly contested races. they want his money, not his face there. >> the republicans have to understand, though, that they have to be better than the left in all in this, because the media only cares about the flaws that are performed by the right. so the media is like rooster g cogburn. sees half the story. no matter how well their doing, reverse -- i calling crowelling. it could happen at any time. you think it's going well, the media will go, this is happening. we must do something. we must find the guy saying something really stupid. which is -- >> that's one thing. tell you, i would expect an october surprise. i'm telling you. i think i know what it is, i'm not going to say, but it is going to shake things up. >> don't you think r

." >>> fox urgent, president obama is set to sell the nation his plan for dealing with the brutal savages of that al qaeda spin-off al qaeda group isis. he's scheduled to meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, we're told, and then that national address on wednesday. a senior administration official is telling fox news the president is likely to lay out where we stand against isis right now and what the next steps are, quote, in the months ahead. will it be the so-called strategy that the president said he did not have a week ago? this may be a shift in communication from the president after what's been really a series of mixed messages on isis, from no strategy to saying the terror group could be managed, to say isis cannot be contained and must be dismantled. the man who challenged the president in 2012, governor mitt romney is saying he would have done a better job than president obama at this point. in a one on one exclusive interview with chris wallace on "fox news sunday" governor romney said president obama is disconnected on a wide range of problems. >> i think the presiden

president obama from estonia at 10:00. stay with us on "worldwide exchange." >>> ewe crane and russia say they ever agreed to a cease-fire. >>> the news sends the euro higher and spot gold to a 2 1/2 month low. >>> deutsche bank tells cnbc the bank has excellent momentum heading into the second half. but deutsche bank warns there's a black hole going into the stress tests. >>> no more hand bags, lvmh and hermes strieng a deal on their share holdings dispute. >> risk assets have been gripped by the reports and the statement coming out of russia and ukraine saying there is a cease-fire for the eastern downtsk region. the ftse 100 up by 0.9%. the stoxx 600 is close to a session high. we saw a significant spike when those headlines came out. the xetra dax, which is most exposed to the russian markets, up by 1.6%. in the fixed income markets, yields ticking higher. the yields have been stuck at 0.9% level for the last week or so. the ten-year treasury yield is ticking higher on the news, 2.46%. how are we looking on the currenc

barack obama. >> good morning. i would like to welcome president obama to astonia. it is a genuine pleasure and honor to receive you right before the nato sum mitted. your visit sends a strong message. we are grateful to the united states and to you personally for your leadership, your commitment and support to estonia. to begin with i want to say that we are appalled the latest news from iraq. we condemn these barbaric acts. we see isis as a serious threat to all of us and stand together with the united states and allies on this issue. the issue is security. the situation on everybody's mind is the ukraine and wider impact on european security. president barshenko and president putin agreed on a cease fire. i just hope it works. in the general situation we need to be clear and consistent with the language we used to describe the situation in the ukraine. as the eu under lined last weekend, this is russian aggressi

obama was very tough on russia. jon: especially when incursion into ukraine but don't they turn the remarks on their head and say look, you are bombing syria, how can you condemn us for getting involved in ukraine? >> even though it is different, he will be brilliant at making that points to the u.n. price core. he knows the place he speaks perfect english, he will be very good at turning this around. jon: mohammed karzai just made a farewell speech to several hundred of his government administrators and really slammed the united states, said we are not interested in afghanistan, not interested in bringing peace to afghanistan. unbelievable. >> unbelievable. i was at the u.n. in 2002 when we helped president karzai really take over and become the first and hopeful president of afghanistan. he owes the united states so much in terms of not only capital, political capital we have given, but american lives and billions of dollars to now hear him say something like this is almost a shock because he doesn't get the loyal

this is going to help president obama. this is going to help president obama's approval ratings. >> the president and the white house found himself in trouble. they found themselves in trouble on national security across the board terrorism, in the polls. the president polled, and this is sadly where we are right now. they polled that it would be okay to conduct air strikes, but not okay to put ground troops in. >> interesting. >> the president and the white house went along with what the polls were telling them to do because quite honestly, unfortunately, i think this is almost entirely about the midterm elections and the democrats' desperate effort to hold to control in the senate. >> well, guess what, guys, we have 30 some days, maybe 40 to keep discussing this before the midterm elections and no doubt, it's going to be top of mind for the next couple of weeks. guys, i have to wrap it there. thank you. >> thanks, gretchen. >>> the united nations arab emirates appointing a female pilot to lead its air strikes against isi

she goes after both leader mcconnell and president obama. >> i'm not barack obama. i disagree with him on guns, coal and the epa. and, mitch, that's not how you hold a gun. >> and now leader mcconnell firing back. >> alison grimes thinks shooting a gun will convince you she's not like barack obama. but grimes twice supported obama's platform for obamacare. for the war on coal, for obama's foreign policy and ironically for gun control. oh, and you know who also did a publicity stunt firing a gun? barack obama. >> we'll have to wait to see how that battle ends and that will be election night. machines will be sprayed to be made. and making something stronger... will mean making it lighter. one day, factories will work with the cloud. one day... is today. create things that help people. design safer cars. faster computers. smarter grids and smarter phones. think up new ways to produce energy. be an engineer. solve problems the world needs solved. what are you waiting for? changing the world is part of the job description. join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil

president obama, clearly they want congressional patients. a lot of members of congress don't seem willing to be giving him that patience, so how does this resolve himself? does he get unified support, or do members of congress hold back? i think there will be a punt on the side of congress. you have some members that say there should be a vote, be uh the vast majority, they don't want a big vote like this right before the mid text elections. the president and the white house are saying well, previous authorizations pretty much should cover this, so i think obama thinks as long as there's no boots on the ground, he can get away with it, and i think congress will not want to get too involved. >> what did you make of the american public's hawkishness towards attacking islamic state? some 68% of people surveyed, would support air strikes on islamic state in syria. that number struck a lot of people today as exceptionally high. what is driving it? well, because the united states wants to see this over, we have been in iraq for over a decade. i th

not because of anything obama ever said or obama ever did. but it was the videos that had this dramatic psychological effect. so with the wind at his back, he's got the opportunity to explain one thing. and he should stop talking about what he's not going to do. there's no need to talk about that. just don't do it. and i also think his mission tomorrow night is not to lay out a plan, because the enemy is watching. it's to lay out the mission. what he wants to accomplish. no timelines. not like afghanistan where he said i'm going but i'm coming back. not like any of the other operations where he does one step this way and one step that way. he's got to say, here's the mission, here's how we know it will succeed, and i'm going to give the military the authority to go ahead and pursue it. don't give us details. don't tell us we're going to start to bomb in the isis headquarters of raqqa. they would presume that, i guess, but you don't have to announce it and you shouldn't. >> okay. putin, i guess he's not even going to deal with putin who i thin

is obama tough enough? thinking about his approach to foreign policy and national security do you think that the president is not tough enough? 64% said that. 36% said about right. 7% don't know. and 38 -- sorry about that. the rest said about 3% said too tough. sorry about that. this is the usa dakota second pole on that. the biggest concern, the biggest threat concerns for the united states. 71% said the islamic extremist groups like al-qaeda, 67% said the islamic militant group in iraq and syria known as isis, those are the top threats for americans polled in "usa today." republican caller, steve, good morning. caller: good morning. yes, i would like to just comment basically on what you were saying. america has to stand in the forefront. they have to lead. the rest of our allies will follow. but it's been that way forever. this last administration, just weakness. i mean, that's all america sees, it's all the world sees, and that's why you see the uprising of isis, i know the guy a couple calls ago said

seriousness, of its intent as president obama seeks out more international support. dara? >> jim, we know that the arab allies were involved. was it just the use of the bases there, or did they actually put jets in the air? >> reporter: well, apparently it is still -- it is still unclear what actually happened in terms of the specific involvement of arab air forces, let's say. central command is just not saying. an unnamed u.s. official quoted reuters that qatar played a spo supporting role only today in terms of jets in the sky, if you will. any of the five arab nations taking part is capable of striking isis targets with u.s. aircraft, but perhaps for security reasons, perhaps because of the political sensitivities in the region it is still unclear what exact role they played in the operation or what role they'll be playing going forward. dara? >> jim maceda reporting to us from london. thank you so much for that, jim. >>> also breaking inside syria, the u.s. going alone, hitting a second terror target. this one the khorasan group. u.s. missiles bombarded targets west of

president obama at the u.n. today envoeking the memory of the teenager killed by a police officer as one of america's failings. really? still ahead. >>> breaking tonight, we are getting new the home grown terror warning going out to u.s. law enforcement as officials warn that american air strikes overseas could lead to an increased threat here at home. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge just filed this report. >> reporter: megyn, we broke this story on your show last night. and since then we've obtained a five-page bulletin from homeland security and fbi through confidential sources. and it calls for heightened vigilance warning the air campaign is reducing the chance of a successful attack by terrorists overseas. but at the same time increasing the risk from lone wolf sympathizers in the u.s. it reads in part, we believe these strikes will contribute to home grown violent extremists, broader grievances about u.s. military intervention in predominantly muslim lands possibly motivating homeland a

not the bush strategy, not the obama strategy. we need to have an honest discussion of how difficult are these enemies and how difficult is genuine military win going to be -- >> political, david? >> let me come back to one other point about where we go from here and the partner ships we're trying to form. another challenge around the corner is whether we can in fact get the big hitters to come in as partners. it is very easy to get the u.k., but is saudi arabia going to be with us on this. is turkey going to be with us? what about the ae, the highly respected ambassador to the united states had an op-ed piece, the journalist representing the country's views if we're going to take on isis we ought to take on more seriously the groups threatening africa as well. the president started on isis and africa. and then focused on isis. the king of saudi arabia has not been happy with this president. they have had a rocky relationship for the last couple of years. the turks have had a rocky relationship. we have real work to do to make sur

president obama is back from europe. he brought home a brand new coalition of nine nations to help in the fight against isis. just how, we'll apparently find out later. >>> and then there's this weekend's big announcement the president we thought would find some way to stop deporting otherwise law-abiding people who aren't documented won't take any action until after the november elections. gives us plenty to talk about with senator dianne feinstein and congressman rogers. first to you, congressman rogers. the president has delayed this executive order that he indicated in june would happen at end of the summer. why'd he do that? >> well, i think he's being prudent about it. when you look at, a, this is such an emotional issue all across america, i think that was wise. he needs to work with congress on this. it's not just about the immigration problem of the illegals who are in the united states and what their status might be. that southern border has become a national security issue, a public health issue for the united

let president obama lead. >> your boys won't do it. >> you make fun -- you say you like obama. >> i don't like obama but i come on here and give you a different point of view. >> they all dislike me. >> no. >> i don't have any voice. >> gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen -- >> -- let's put it out there to the president. and to the congress. >> welcomes it. >> a declaration of war against islamic, hello terrorism. >> he welcomes but you know what? even today, even today the republicans were saying we're not going to give you rebels. won't do it. won't do it. i will tell you what you have got to say about that bill. >> that's a whole different thing, go ahead, mary katharine are. >> couple things. the numbers by isis by our intelligence. >> about 30,000. >> 30,000, not 15,000. that's a big difference. i think, look, when it comes to this kind of stuff. ij going to disagree slightly with the very smart brit hume. people are saying they want more to be done here. i think the american people they believe in american power but their will does need to be buieed. you have to make that argument. >> y

obama in the white house. the only thing that can save the democratic party at this point is women voters who broke big for the president in 2012. 55% of women voted for obama. 44% romney. men went 52% romney, 45% obama. enter the first lady michelle obama. in a speech at the u.n. this week, she said this. >> we must look inside ourselves and ask, do we truly value women as equals? or do we see them as merely second class citizens? we must look around at our societies and ask are why clinging to laws and traditions that serve only to repress and exclude or working to become more equal, more free? these are the very questions we are asking ourselves every day in the united states. >> now, those words imply that america is not fair to women. and that is a highly charged statement. so let's look at the facts. according to the bureau of labor statistics on average, women make 81% of what men make in the private marketplace. however, american women are better educated than men. 58% have college degrees as he oppose

the obama white house plans it has nothing to do with politics. the president flatly denied that the move has anything to do with preserving a democratic majority in the senate despite polls that increasingly show a republican takeover of the senate after november's elections. here is the president trying to spend at his decision. >> and what are want to do is what i take executive action i want to make sure that it is sustainable. >> behind you. >> a little bit. >> concerned the public would not support -- >> what i am saying is that i am going to act because it is the right thing for the country. lou: the president's decision roundly criticized by both republicans who call it election-year politics and democrats who are pushing for outright amnesty the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell put it this way saying what is so cynical about today's immigration announcement is that the president is not saying he will follow the law. he is just saying he will go around the law once it is too late for americans to hold his party accountable in the nov

, obama, i'm back. you know. it's just the audacity of these people, this righteousness, this self-entitlement to terrorize and to create fear, inflict fear and pain and suffering but as we know, john, they're also using these videos as propaganda tools as a recruitment tool, it disgusts us to think that people will be attracted to this, but sadly, they are, we've seen more people come to the region, more firefighters join this course. the audacity does leave loss for words. we've seen this brutality in town after town, you've been covering northern iraq. we thank you for showing us what's going on. anna coren in erbil, thank you so much. >> the sotloff family is waiting patiently for the confirmation of the video. colleagues described him as an honest, thoughtful and courageous story teller. listen to one childhood friend describe his determination to shed light on injustices. >> steven was my hero. he was traveling to the most dangerous troubled places on the planet so he could report back stories of

>>> president obama lays out his plan to take on isis. today the obama administration is trying to sell that plan to key members of congress. one of them, senator bill nelson of florida, standing by to join us live. there he is. president obama is also asking congress for approval to train local forces including syrian rebel fighters designed all of which to take on isis, but how can the united states trust those that the u.s. teaches will not turn on the u.s.? we'll hear from retired lieutenant general -- a retired army lieutenant gentle who trained iraqi forces. also on this 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks worries of a new terror threat against america. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. he's promised to ultimately destroy isis but how is president obama's plan to take on the terror group being received? and what happens now? the president laid out his strategy for -- in a prime time address last night. among other things he plans to expand air strikes against isis targets in iraq and syria and he wants to arm a

what can president obama do? i mean -- saying we don't have a strate strategy, the pentagon says we're always -- we're always moving forward, trying to clean up a little after the president's remarks. nevertheless, they have not settled on a strategy that they want to convey, to defeat --not contain but defeat isis. >> yeah. i continue's about time to roll out some of these plans. the pentagon is working all the time on plans. it's just the administration that is not deciding. they is a broader range of options. they have to attack isis. they're doing some containment in iraq, but they cannot proceed without starting to take on isis in syria. they have to do so directly -- >> boundaries don't affect them. they said they're not going to be held back from boundaries. they keep seeing strikes, david, these strike of a convoy here, a truck there. it seems like we -- a lot more than that. killing hundreds of people, thousands of people in ditches. the report from amnesty international, they took a 3-year-old little gi

, president obama wants to give mr. putin an exit ramp. do you understand? >> i do understand. >> that's not bad. >> it isn't. >> as far as playing the universal game. >> that's on the exception he is looking for an exit ramp rather than an entrance. >> that's what i'm doing. >> he's doing exactly the right thing. there's no matter of aid or guns where they will defeat russia. you give him some, you'll have a war and the russians will win the war. the president is doing the exact right thing. this aught to be negotiated, we aught not make ukraine a nato ally, which means if there's a war between russia and ewe careen, the united states is going to go to war with russia, that's an act of insanity, and this time barack obama is showing some guts and he has done the right thing in the ukraine all along. >> he is pressing russia with the sanctions, which putin doesn't like. and right now, the russians are respecting the cease fire with ukraine. so i think right now, the president isn't looking for something that will look l

obama care. he's basically saying to everybody over 75 that you are a burden. this is his philosophy, he's not saying it's for everybody. he is saying there's something inhumane about it that, you're less worthy of health care because you are more of a burden because you use more health care. he's talking about people who raised families, who raised kids and grandkids and the implications that they don't deserve the care from us in return. my mother made it to 89 and at 75, she was awesome. >> i think about my grandparents who didn't live much fast 75. but enough that i remember those last years with them so fondly. and maybe he doesn't want to live until later, but kimberly, what do you think of this? >> i think it's small minded really. >> you want to be here. >> that's what i'm saying. >> it's irresponsible for him to make that statement, it's terrible because it's just devaluing human life and saying you have an expiration like a carton of milk or a 12-pack of eggs. what's going on with that?

obama has surrounded the united states with partners. there are allies. >> and there ever morale lies than the first time around. that was made into a item of abuse and now president obama has a smaller alliance and he's getting credit. >> and what about congress tries to do if they come back and vote on authorization. you've seen democrats pushing that coverage with you're watching it in britain, of course. >> what about the media skofrd and all of us discovered this group called the khorasan group. there was a military trooim strike said to be plotting the attack on the u.s. and europe. and the reaction i thought was how can this never be a threat if we've never heard of it before? >> the media is not doing the best job educating people about the facts of the grouped. you see terrible videos of people being executed, you see the president speaking, there's not a lot of education involved here. >> the other thing is the media gets stuck on the big, hot items. others talk about this group. the administration talked about it. but after th

obama is a very nice man. and i said, well, there was a consensus about doing more and he said he's a very nice man and he's very preoccupied with isis at the moment. and i think i had the answer that we cannot expect more from the united states. ashely: what do you think about the chances of this latest cease-fire? having people see this playing out? >> there is a force of optimism that the cease fire will hold and lime or putin will be dissuaded from trying to take this, a city that would give him a land bridge to the crimea. but i think the diplomats and the individuals here much more pessimistic and president petro poroshenko address list and ukrainian economy is in dreadful shape. and this includes addressing some of the anticorruption measures. there's a lot of soul-searching and concern about the future of this country. and i'm not sure that they're going to be able to make it, but they are not going to have to dissolve unless presdient vladimir putin intends to break the cease fire. ashely: thank you s

president obama lost all three states in 2012. at the moment republicans are heavy favorites in the contest. the question is where is the democrat's best chance -- montana, west virginia, south dakota. howard? >> you're giving us a tough one. with our poll i keep mentioning the huff post. it's the best. >> i don't think we bothered to rank those. it's difficult. >> all three are toughment red states. >> montana is hardest when you don't have a candidate. then you have to pick one at the last minute. that doesn't help much. >> cribbing. >> that's a little bit of a problem. in this case, west virginia, the toughest state for barack obama. but they have a decent candidate there. you're splitting hairs. >> south dakota. >> let's go to other red states where they are fighting the anti-obama wave. alaska, polls show mark beg itch with a narrow lead over dan sullivan. in arkansas, a close one for mark pryor and tom cotton. in louisiana, senator landrieu battling questions about residency. the post reported she didn't have a house of her

is vowing to degrade and destroy the islamic state group president obama made the pledge after it was confirmed that a second american reporter as we next acuity by the jihadists militants a gruesome video of the killing of steven softballs he was taken captive more than a year ago emerged on tuesday previously been seen in the video where another u.s. journalist james foley was beheaded again the killer has a british accent the latest video saw him threaten the execution of a third journalist the jihadist claim the killings reprisals the u.s. airstrikes against them in iraq middle east expert joshua landis told us that the fight against islamic state militants will turn into another afghanistan for the united states. it's very difficult in this situation because isis dominates a region the size of great britain in both syria and iraq if you're going to destroy them and kill them. and hit their buildings you have to have somebody else to replace them otherwise they'll just spring up and you'll infuriate the sunnis that are trapped in between baghdad and damascus so the u.s. has to com