so is obama going to be the obama of the affordable care act leading finally to the universal coverage or is he going to be the drone president? >> thank you. [applause] = your books. >> [inaudible conversations] >> for more information visit the website clayrisen.com. >>> edward klein appeared on c-span washington journal to discuss his latest book blood feud. in the book mr. klein says the hatred and distrust between the clintons and obama's runs deep and each side tries to gain political advantage over the other whenever possible. this is about 45 minutes. >> our next guest joins us from new york and he is the author of a new book taking a look at relationships train the clintons and obamas. it's a "blood feud" the title. edward klein running from new york. welcome. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: why did you turn your attention to these two families? >> guest: the media spent a great deal of time writing and talking about the feud that exists in the republican party between the tea party and the establishment wings of the party but spent virtually no time at all on the

, 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 vowed the u.s. would work to dismantle the group, which he accused of waging a brutal campaign of rape and murder. >> 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. >> obama confirmed that 40 nations have already offered to join the u.s.-led coalition. he remarks that the task average acting sectarianism was one for the people of the middle east themselves. >> no external power can bring about a transformation of hearts and minds. but america will be a respectful and constructive partner. >> to distinguish this military campaign from the u.s.-led wars he inherited and iraq and afghanistan, obama has declared he has no intention of sending u.s. troops to occupy foreign lands. >> president obama is addressing the un security council live at this hour. let's go to new york and see what he said. >> draft resolution submitted by 101 member stat

president obama said the u.s. military will play a role in the international response. >> we're going to have to get u.s. military assets just to set up, for example, isolation units and equipment there to provide security for public health workers surging around the world. if we do that, then it is still going to be months before this problem is controllable in africa, but it should not reach our shores. if we don't make that effort now not justspreads, through africa but other parts of the world, there is the prospect the virus mutates, becomes more easily transmittable, then it could be a serious danger to the united states. >> a pair of newly released i can is reveal more details about the bush and ministrations to go rushing off for the wireless wiretapping of u.s. citizens after the 9/11 attacks. the documents relate to sweeping surveillance conducted by the national security agency under the program known as stellar wind. in a decade-old memo obtained by "washington post," jack goldsmith, who let president

it was 11% when obama took office. disability insurance is now climbing 40% under obama. you know, obama taking credit for this recovery off of a really low bar in january 2009 by pure coincidence is like fwor gore taking credit for the invention of the internet because he came to office and was vice president in 1993. >> john, i would love to hear what you think about all this. >> well, you know, i think despite the unemployment number, the job -- the economy is actually growing, but what's got to be stressed is that it has no nothing to do or little to do with president obama's economic policies, and a great deal to do with the fact that his presidency essentially ended at the end of 2012. economies are just individuals. when gridlock takes shape in washington, that means politicians aren't able to put up barriers to our natural desire to achieve. there is a slight recovery going on, but it has nothing to do with policy and everything to do with a lack of policy. >> that's a very interesting idea. steve, is it sort of the anti-matter? the only benefits to the economy is

sadly, president obama seems a bit befuddled by it all. some of his own people, who have resigned are saying they advised him to do a number of things internationally. all of which he rejected. and now we have a new war. and danger in almost every area in the world. the left wing zealots will never admit the truth that president obama's passive world view and rejection of american leadership have thrown the planet into chaos. if washington doesn't reverse things soon, something catastrophic is likely to happen. last night, fox news analyst charles krauthammer gave us a warning about president presit obama's agenda: >> we no longer hear iran possess nukes not going to allow, this will not let this happen. he says we are in. iran has the opportunity to rejoin the community of nations. this can only happen in takes this historic opportunity. in other words, iran will decide if it wants to go nuclear. no threats, forget about saying everything is on the table. he doesn't even talk about sanctions which are collapsing. this is a surrender on ir

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obama's store. this is a, quote, test case and, quote, watershed moment in a brittle monthlong fight between the white house and state over hillary's power to pick her team. marshall had a secret weapon in valerie jarrett, who had worked as a special assistant for president in the clinton white house, lobbied jarrett on marshall's the have describing his strengths and skills and encouraging her -- >> to bat for marshall too. the white house didn't fully appreciate the role she was protocol officer and what went into it. it wasn't a glorified advanced after or donor with little experience in washington. there is nobody better to do this job, hillary told obama. she has the experience from the social office, a great touch and helping organize people, she will be fabulous. hillary have also gone rounds with the president, saying i am telling you this is the best person, she had said. you will know i am right after you have worked with her for a month and have a renews she held the trump card. the presi

so we're just like the obamas, but we're not." so there's this way that as wonderful as it is-- this acceptance of the obama girls, this acceptance of michelle-- it still has the impact of marginalizing, for example, the fact that a majority of african-american children are being raised by... in households like mine, where you may have intergenerational women, but where you don't have a present father. it is still true that, for example, gay and lesbian families don't have the same kind of social recognition. so if you're a michelle obama but you're in a lesbian household, does the acceptance of the kind of heteronormative, you know, traditional picture of the obamas, does that, you know, kind of continue on and lead to a broader acceptance? i don't know. and i'm certainly, you know, a little distressed that at the same time that we have michelle obama, we have precious. >> hinojosa: and you're concerned about it because... i mean, that movie-- i haven't seen the movie, i read the book when it came out a long time ago-- is so incr

>> obama didn't say that, he said absolutely not. >> the idea they're tries ying get biden and obama on the same line. >> i'm with you, brother, i think there's time before that case is made. why tell everyone? >> get it done. you know what i hate? i hate it when we sit there and worry about this stup -- >> i didn't say that they weren't. but i'm telling you that we are wasting so much time with this sentence reconstruction and nonsense that we're not on the same page. anybody knows you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to get this job done. >> we have got air force bombing. >> contractors, yes. >> so, i mean, why don't we give this a chance. >> you know who doesn't -- >> give war a chance. >> i'm all for that. >> with you know who doesn't want boots on the ground besides president obama? isis does not want american troops on the ground. >> i'm sure they don't. they'll get beaten without having combat troops on the ground. >> in that video, well made video, they point out, present obama you put american troops in the fight, we will kill them. >> the same crowd that said -- >

obama in france. there are now reports that putin told the president of the european commission in a phone call if i want i can take kiev in two weeks. put unaides are down playing the remark but not denying it sneepd henry live early wednesday morning in estonia. what does this turmoil around the world and in some cases chaos mean for president obama. senior political analyst brit hume is here with some thoughts. welcome back. >> nice to see you. one way the obama administration and its defenders have warded off calls for more aggressive action in this messy and dangerous world is by defining enemies as narrowly as possible. thus al qaeda became not a growing extremist movement but a much smaller entity known as core al qaeda. once osama bin laden had been killed al qaeda was considered basically defeated or decimated. al qaeda offshoots and affiliates might be attacked with an occasional drone strike but were treated as secondary threats. the president's dismissal of isis formerly known as al qaeda

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

but i think obama's going to do that. he's not going to give them missiles or anything like that. >> corporate and mendes. also to georgia and -- would putin find that provocative. >> it is provocative. oui got it deal with putin who's an expannishist. for, very aggressive. a political leader. very tough minded as we all know. where is he going to stop? >> it's right here. the russian people feel an expansionist themselves. >> what would we say if military became a militarily- aligned china. >> congress gets involved in this -- and the exercise of foreign policy. that's a progress tiff of the president. it's not a prerogative of congress. >> congress should advise but this is a provocative ad. then to look tough. >> congress -- judging by that -- really loves this president and loves the ukrainian president. and they just passed a -- where the rebels -- they look like a more militaristic mind. i don't know if it got through congress if the president would veto it. >> i don't know why we're getting involved with the syrian

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 and the case of ray rice. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for

president obama said today that the u.s. objective is to degrade and destroy isis or isil and just 17 minutes later he talked about making isis a, quote, manageable problem. those seem to be two different scenarios. does the u.s., want, have its objective the destruction of isis or the containment of isis? >> absolutely the united states wants to see isil destroyed and degraded. as the president also said today that's not an overnight exfoffo. it will take time. we do want to take with other countries around the region and other countries around the world to reduce the impact to countries in the region, and we know that will take a while that's why we're building a coalition and talk about a range of abilities they have. >> the two executed and murdered americans were seized at the turkey-syria border. that strongly suggests that isis in syria is behind those terrorist murders. the president last week said that the u.s. does not yet have a strategy on -- for taking on isis in syria, but the murder of these two americans seem

, 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

you're an ardent obama supporter. but even you must believe that there's something wrong someplace here. no? >> well, i mean, something wrong someplace, of course there's something wrong someplace. like asking a football player where does it hurt. but you know, here -- look, if you look, the economy is improving, i'm sorry. you know, look at -- >> no, we're not -- >> the auto sales last year, the job market is improving substantially, the deficit has gone down at a record rate. okay -- that's just the facts. >> no, the facts are wages are not improving, and every week you say the same thing. >> but -- >> that's not going to improve wages. and that is the indicator that people care about. >> i can pick out ten good things, and you can pick out one bad thing, okay. >> no, 70% of the american people, i'll repeat, say the country's on the wrong track, carville. do you know why naysthey say th? >> sometimes, there's break time -- i'm giving you the facts. the polls are the polls. >> you don't have any opinion on why 70% of

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

obama kept to that agreement. we never promised american soldiers, we never promised we'd join a war to support ukrainian borders. e did promise and did commit political support and moral support. and i think that the united has ginn that to ukraine. it wouldn't be smart. catastrophic mistake to fight russia over ukraine. russia and the united states are he largest nuclear weapons powers in the world. if we got in a fight with ussia, who knows whether a conventional fight would turn nuclear. we can't fight russia. bipartisan it's a show. president bush made the same when president putin of ded georgia in august 2008. president bush decided at the time we would not fight russia country of , the georgia in the caucuses. i think both president brush and president obama have made the right decision. we're not going to go to war for countries, but we offer the military support, our military assistance, military our troops but not and our economic support. a t's the right policy that democrat have both taken. host: the

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

i keep getting some back in. >> president obama. >> we'll never get out of this. >> president obama, his main job is to protect us and by being d that he has not gotten to it. you can knit pick the president's speech -- >> which i wouldn't want to do. >> carville wouldn't want to do, either. none of us did it. the president's view, world view is such that i don't think he's nearly aggressive enough in setting up what has to be set up. enemy you're going to put boots on the ground, you don't. i say hey, see this guy, he may be coming to visit you. that's what you do. >> right. >> and rather you use it or not is up to you and depends on circumstances. you don't diminish the threat you're telling the world. why would you do that? >> the big question the american people have given the limitations he's put on this mission is is he serious? will he do whatever it takes to eliminate isis. bill, i do think while he understands the threat of isis, i think he has a fundamental misunderstanding how to handle it. talking about yemen and somalia which are different situations and you're not going

nothing ever is ever going to be president obama's fault. as soon as i learn about that, i can tease, because the president used one of president reagan's favorite lines, are you better off since he's been in office? >>> the midterm elections are just five weeks away and president obama can feel it. his party is not going to lose control of the senate. >> do you think you can hold the senate? >> yes. i do. >> do you think you can sell this? >> you know what? -- >> you think you can convince people that they aring the fine economically? >> hopefully they get a chance to hear the argument. because all i'm doing is presenting the facts. >> president obama says he will hope in -- then he admitted some serious shortcomings. >> ronald reagan used to ask the question, are you better off than you were four years ago, in this case, are you better off than you were six? and the answer is, the country is definitely better off than we were when i came into office. and they don't feel, it, and the reasons they don't feel is it that incomes and the econom

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

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. >> it will be more obama's rhetoric. he wanted to show he had a plan and he made a mistake saying he didn't have a plan. >> joining is dean griffey and jonna gold berg. and joe, think about what charles krauthammer had to say. if mr. obama hadn't made that statement when he said we don't have a strategy yet for dealing with isis, would he be making the prime time address to the nation tomorrow? >> he would be making the address, he wouldn't have had to spend two weeks sort of wishing he hadn't quite said it the way he said it back then. and look, i think people, i expect the president to give a speech that the american people respond to. he's a lot closer to where they are than a lot of the members of congress are in terms of putting troops on the ground. and the strategy in syria worked. remember the chemical weapons, he was critized trying to negotiate them away instead of using military power and he did negotiate them away. we know that isil is not using those weapons in iraq right now. i think he understands the issu

obama needs in this current effort. that is causing some reaction from current members of congress but former members of congress. former senator robert bennett, a republican, says where i disagreed with republican is on his authority to do this all by himself and his constitutional role as commander in chief. canoubt that the president make a legal case but that is beside the point during when a commander in chief opposes to engage in acts of war that are not part of a short-term emergency but are amendments that stretch over an indefinite. of time, he should ask for formal congressional approval even if the letter of the lot does not require it. it is the spirit of the law, arising from the constitutional powers of congress, they shall have the power to declare war. simple consultation with legislative leaders is not enough. we'll start on the phones with our line for democrats. good morning. go ahead. think theybsolutely should, like president obama wanted, authority from congress. but i highly doubt that they will.

obama faced difficult challenges. events that have given him the opportunity to show great leadership, and achieve great things, every president fails -- win each and over challenge but our president seems incapable of acknowledgeing, admitting either flaw or fault. at every points he avoids taking responsibility for his failures and those of his administration. there have been a few, this is president obama last night addressing what has been a failure of his leadership on threat of the islamic state. a failure he personaly blamed, on head of the intelligence community. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that they under estimateed. when had been taking place in syria. lou: mr. obama, now has a long history of passing the buck. a day after the september 11 terrorist attack in benghazi, in 2012, even though he knew better, president obama rushed in to blame a youtube video. not radical islamist terrorists, who he previously declared to be on the run. >> we reject all

it was 11% when obama took office. sability insurance is now climbing 40% under obama. you know, obama taking credit for this rovery off of a really low bar in january 2009 by purcoincidence is like fwor gore taking credit for the invention of the internet because he came to office and was vice president in 1993. >> john, i would love to hear what you think about all this. >> well, you know, i think despite the unemployment number, the job - the economy is actually growing, but what's got to be stressed is that it has no nothing to do or little to do with president obama's economic policies, and a great deal to do with the fact that his presidency essentiallyended at thend of 2012. economies are just individuals. when gridlock takes shape in washington, that means politicians aren't able put up barriers to our natural desi to achieve. there is a slight recovery going on, but it has nothing todo with policy and everythingo do with a lack of policy. >> that's a very interesting idea. steve, is it st the anti-matter? the only benefits to the economy is the fact they can't

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 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 vision -- 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 jihadis

i mean, this is going to define the legacy of the obama administration. i think by going in the way he has. he came in as president, he opposed the war in iraq. now he has gone back into iraq. how do we end that conflict? as you pointed out there are many conflicts across the middle east. they all stem from lack of leadership in the region. if the united states is going to put its flag down not in terms of territorial, but bring our friends together, it empower the allies and right now there are many factions, and turkey can play a role, saudi arabia, egypt can play a role in a way that they can't bilaterally and the u.s. brings them together, that will put wind in the policy in the region. >> that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." the program may be over, but the conversation continues. we want to hear what you think about this or any day's show. log on to our facebook page. send us your thoughts on twitter. our handle is aj inside story am. or reach me directly and follow me at ray suarez news. we'll see you for the next "inside st

obama's poll numbers are cratering. thus the attempt tonight to convince us he has things under control. talking points said months ago that isis should be bombed inside syria and everywhere else. >> and what has president obama done to the isis army? has he bombed their caravans to and from syria? has he directed drones at their leaders and their headquarters? no, he has not. and u.s. intel warned the president that islamic militants were gathering power in syria. but he did nothing. nothing. to stop that. >> well, tonight, the president is expected to announce expanded bombing. i also told president obama face to face that he would get nowhere with radical muslim groups like the brotherhood. >> muslim brotherhood grave concern to a lot of people are they a threat to the u.s.a. >> i think that the muslim brotherhood is one[ñásv faction in egypt. they don't have majority support in egypt. but they are well-organized and there are strains of anti-u.s. there is no doubt about it. >> those are tough boys the muslim broth

i think president obama was going to leave. they were going to make that announcement before labor day. this has been in the works for a while. this is a very important time, the attorney general because the president has decided to prosecute the war on terror from a legal perspective this next -- this position is very important, which is why i think he is not stepping down immediately or leave until december 3rd so that there could be a smoother transition. because whoever -- whoever takes over is going to have our lives at stake. so that is -- it is going to be important. but i think they will be able to confirm somebody before the end of the year. >> yeah, a very important position indeed, hopefully we'll have somebody that will be a uniter, not a divider to remind us of our strengths. >> george clooney. >> so sorry, and not leo dicaprio. they're not attorneys. but bob, you mentioned in the green room, talking about the legacy six years serving the country and the amount of time as dana mentioned he served. >> first of all,

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

john, that was a democrat comparing obama, our president obama, to dick cheney. what's happening with democrats on the hill, is there going to be a vote on reauthorization of the use of military force any time this year? >> i think democrats i think generally support what he's doing right now, especially in terms of this sort of split from al qaeda, they believe this is justified. they're split on the broader question of does he have authority right now to go after isis because of the split they had with al qaeda, they now see themselves as different, al qaeda has problems with them, there has been fighting sometimes between them, so they believe he needs to come to congress for authority. i would have said if you asked me last week there was no chance, everyone on the hill said they're not going to vote until february maybe, given toxic nature of a vote to authorize war, because you're essentially taking part of that ownership from him and making it yours. but after this series of bombings, it sounds like there's increasing pressure. bob menendez is set on havin

obama has not. when you have liberal senators like elizabeth warren telling the president he needs to toughen up, i guess the question is what is obama's problem? >> well, he's got to engage in the process. and he is not engaged in a way that -- >> what's that mean, not enga d engaged? >> that means for instance on tuesday he's going to have the congressional leaders down to the white house. is it going to be everyone states their point of view and the meeting lasts an hour, maybe two hours? he needs to have some head to head discussions with people. mitch mcconnell put out a statement just recently saying he welcomes this meeting, he thinks -- i mean, it was very conciliatory they're going to listen, but you can't do it in an hour or two hours. >> and why do you think this president seems so reluctant to do that? is it that he's above that? >> i think -- he thinks he's got the right track. you know, we learn in our business that whenever we get something right, it's because we listened. the preside

barack obama announced late wednesday the u.s. will lead a broad coalition to ultimately destroy the group. his plan includes expanded u.s. air strikes in iraq and most importantly syria. new arms and assistance will flow to iraqi forces and the syrian opposition. the coalition will move to cut off militant funding and stop the flow of foreign fighters to the region. and humanitarian aid will continue for civilians in harm's way. all of this, the u.s. president suggests with no american boots on the ground. >> we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government, we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so we're hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on the offense. we will hunt down terrorists and threaten our country wherever they are. i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria and iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> now, france is reportedly

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